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Date1813
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumResist-dyed silk tabby
Dimensions1319.5 x 166.4 cm (519 1/2 x 65 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT16com76
eMuseum ID723996
Alt. No. 4 (Old Cavallo)228
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)076
EmbARK ObjectID13782
Textile Database Number22
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)232
TMS Source ID2642
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesAdolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 208, no. 195, ill. (as Japanese, dated 1813)
MarksNotesInscribed with dye resist medium (front, right): Given to the temple of Horyu-ji, village of Oshika [indirect translation from Japanese]
Inscribed with dye resist medium (front, left): Leaders of a group from Edo [Tokyo], Shukei Mochi-zuki, Senzo Taked, Kanbei Mochizuki; presentation, seventh month of Bunka 10 [fall, 1813] [indirect translation from Japanese]
Inscribed with dye resist medium (front, left): Leaders of a group from Edo [Tokyo], Shukei Mochi-zuki, Senzo Taked, Kanbei Mochizuki; presentation, seventh month of Bunka 10 [fall, 1813] [indirect translation from Japanese]
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
