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Fisherman on a pier
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Description
For dyed cut-velvet, a design was first painted onto woven but uncut velvet. The threads in some areas of the design were then carefully cut with a sharp blade to form tufted pile, while the background of the fabric was deliberately left uncut as horizontal ridges. The cutting could be cleverly done to enhance the sense of depth in a picture. (Exhibition number 42)
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (probable place of creation)Europe (original location)Asia › Japan › Honshū › Mount Fuji (subject)
- Date
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late 19th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Material and technique
- yūzen-birōdo (dyed silk velvet), pile partly cut; silk brocade mounts in light-brown, backed with paper; wooden rod with ivory
- Dimensions
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mount 121.5 x 71.4 cm (height x width)
textile 61.7 x 57.6 cm (height x width)
along roller 77.6 cm (length)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory,
- Technique index
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coloured › dyed › resist dyed,dyed › resist dyed,cut,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1997.
- Accession no.
- EA1997.225
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 9 November 2012-27 January 2013, Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan, Clare Pollard, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 42 p. 169, p. 6, illus. p. 169
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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