A furisode of silk damask, the rust-coloured ground with cream resist-dyed kanoko, embroidered in cream and shades of green silks and couched gilt threads, with tall bamboo canes, plum blossom and cranes in flight, the base with pine shrubs and tortoises, with padded hem, lined in orange silk, Japanese, 18th/19th century

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A furisode of silk damask, the rust-coloured ground with cream resist-dyed kanoko, embroidered in cream and shades of green silks and couched gilt threads, with tall bamboo canes, plum blossom and cranes in flight, the base with pine shrubs and tortoises, with padded hem, lined in orange silk, Japanese, 18th/19th century

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