Two textile pieces

Collections
1599904
Title
Two textile pieces
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Japan
Dimension
Floral brocade: 48.3 x 35.0 cm Other piece 48.5 x 29.5 cm,
Object size: Please refer to parts
Accession No.
2024-01231
Credit Line
Gift of Chris Hall.

These two pieces reflect the diversity in Japanese textile designs in the 20th century, from floral brocade patterns that are a nod to traditional kinran, to depictions of flowers inspired by western methods of visual representation. They also reflect innovations in weave structures and technologies in this period.