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Bolt of Brocaded Silk for Obi with Paulownia Motif

20th

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Bolt of Brocaded Silk for Obi with Paulownia Motif

20th

Physical Qualities Silk, gold and silver metallic-wrapped threads, 163 × 27 1/4 in. (414 × 69.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Randall Lewis, Bethesda, Maryland, in Honor of Arnold Lehman
Object Number 2016.236
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2016; Dr. Randall Lewis, Bethesda, MD, via inheritance from father, via purchase in Japan

Inscribed: Marked at end of bolt in purple ink "76625" Also stamped with circular stamp.

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