Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Sparrows flying around in every direction are connected by their spread wings. Each bird is unique and are evenly distributed throughout the stencil. The stencil is supported with silk threads.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen Snyder
- late 19th–early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1976-103-14
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- textile designs
- Object Name
- Katagami
- Type
- Katagami
- Medium
- Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
- Dimensions
- 26.8 × 41.3 cm (10 9/16 × 16 1/4 in.)
- Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
- made in
- Japan
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1976-103-14
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49af3e33e-f2b6-4e61-91cf-1d95929117b0
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