Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
This abstract pattern covered with various shapes and decorations. Triangles with a diagonal lattice weave resemble mountains which mingle with a brick wall pattern. Bats, clouds and ivy leaves are carved out of negative spaces, shaped like rhomboids and snowflakes. Japanese kanji is written on the lower half of the stencil.
Credit Line
Gift of Helen Snyder
Date
late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number
1976-103-198
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
textile designs
Object Name
Katagami
Type
Katagami
Medium
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)
made in
Japan
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1976-103-198