Title
Two textile stencils (katagami)
Year/Period
Meiji or Taisho period, 19th or 20th century
Region
Japan
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
on board: 34.0 x 64.4 cm,
Other stencil: 33.8 x 41.9 cm,
Object size: Please refer to parts
Other stencil: 33.8 x 41.9 cm,
Object size: Please refer to parts
Accession No.
2024-01294
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Chris Hall.
Katagami are stencils used to create textile patterns, mostly for clothing. These stencils are made with the bark of the mulberry tree, flattened, and glued in layers with persimmon juice to create a stiff card. Rice paste was then applied over the stencils to create a design on the fabric that would resist the dye.
