Details
A joined hanging of woven silks
the silver metal ground woven with large stylised flowerheads of alternate orange and ivory silk against a fretwork of green--79 x 75in., Japanese, 19th century and a hanging of four stripes of silk brocade the two central ones of cream silk woven in orange with wheels among waves, the outer ones with cranes and flowers within diaper border-60 x 100in., Japanese, 19th century
See Colour Plate 8 for first hanging
the silver metal ground woven with large stylised flowerheads of alternate orange and ivory silk against a fretwork of green--79 x 75in., Japanese, 19th century and a hanging of four stripes of silk brocade the two central ones of cream silk woven in orange with wheels among waves, the outer ones with cranes and flowers within diaper border-60 x 100in., Japanese, 19th century
See Colour Plate 8 for first hanging