18th century
Brocade
18th centuryJapaneseSilk embroidery on silk
18th centuryJapaneseRamie with vegetable dyes and mineral pigments; stenciled and free-hand paste-resist decoration applied on both sides of fabric
18th-19th centuryJapaneseDark blue silk with "kinran" gold brocade; selected elements made of orange silk with supplementary gold wefts
18th centuryJapaneseResist-dyed red damask silk utilizing stitch-resist (nuishime shibori) and tie-dying (kanoko shibori) techniques; selected motifs embroidered with gold-paper-wrapped and polychrome silk threads
18th centuryJapaneseVegetable-dyed banana fiber, plain weave
18th-19th centuryJapaneseSilk and gold
18th centuryJapanese