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Tablecloth made over from a Buddhist temple altar cloth (uchishiki) with a design featuring the crest of the Tokugawa family and long-tailed birds
Tablecloth made over from a Buddhist temple altar cloth (uchishiki) with a design featuring the crest of the Tokugawa family and long-tailed birds

Tablecloth made over from a Buddhist temple altar cloth (uchishiki) with a design featuring the crest of the Tokugawa family and long-tailed birds

CultureJapanese
Date1800-1849
MediumChinese brown figured satin ground with silk and gold thread embroidery, black ink under drawing (shitagaki), and border of Japanese blue silk brocade
DimensionsOverall: 18 1/4 × 81 inches (46.36 × 205.74 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dan Casement
Object number44-30/18
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