Embroidery

Description

Piece of embroidery with ground of lemon satin embroidered in coloured silks, with central medallion showing two cockerels fighting beside bamboo: Japan, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1924.193

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Embroidery

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Date

19th century

Materials

Satin, Silk

Physical description

Lemon satin embroidered in coloured silks

References

Reproduced in Fukai Akiko 深井晃子, et al., Yoroppa ni nemuru 'kimono' ヨーロッパに眠る「きもの」 (Tokyo Bijutsu, 2017), p. 59.