Object details
Accession number
T16com76
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Banner with Paulownia Spray Design
Creation Date
1813
Description
Inscription, large stylized floral
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Inscribed 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]
Dimensions
1319.5 x 166.4 cm (519 1/2 x 65 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Resist-dyed silk tabby
Dimension Notes
Left end: 96.5 x 169.5 cm (38 x 66 3/4 in.)
Right end: 79.3 x 169.5 cm (31 1/4 x 66 3/4 in.)
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 208, no. 195, ill. (as Japanese, dated 1813)
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