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Brocade, silk. Altar cloth by Charles Lang Freer, Yamanaka and Co. — VisualArtsDB

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Brocade, silk. Altar cloth

Brocade, silk. Altar cloth

Brocade, silk. Altar cloth

Charles Lang Freer Yamanaka and Co.

1615

Medium: Silk
Genre: Costume and textile
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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silk (fiber)Japanese Artbrocadingweft patterningEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtCharles Lang Freer collection

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