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Eagle attacking a family of monkeys on stylized rocks
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Description
These silk hangings came from Althorp, the Northamptonshire home of the Spencer family, where they were used as bedcovers. The subjects may be drawn from Japanese or Chinese legend. The stylized depiction of water and rocks seen here would have appealed to Victorian customers, who admired the freedom with which Japanese artists used images from nature to create decorative designs. (Exhibition number 26)
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Details
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (probable place of creation)Europe › United Kingdom › England › Northamptonshire › Northampton › Althorp estate (Oak Dressing Room) (former location)
- Date
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late 19th century - early 20th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Material and technique
- silk, dyed, and embroidered with coloured silk, flat silk, and paper-backed gold foil wrapped around a silk or cotton core; brown silk brocade border
- Dimensions
- 221 x 142 cm (height x width)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,processed material › metal › gold,
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dyed,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
- Accession no.
- LI1956.25.1
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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. 26 p. 138, illus. pp. 138-139
Past Exhibition
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Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)
Location
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- returned to owner
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