Caption

Katagami dyeing stencil; pattern of overlapping circles created from a dense mesh of dots; maker, katagami stencil; geometric motifs; Japanese; Meiji period late 19th/early 20th century; Japan; stencil; height 44.3 cm, width 25.0 cm, A rectangular sheet with a textured dark border surrounding a central area filled with a dense pattern of small light dots; the border appears crinkled and uneven with torn edges, and the overall colors visible are dark brown or black for the border and light gray or off-white for the dotted central field.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_038

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.6Mb (4.8Mb) / 18.0in x 10.3in / 5385 x 3092 (300dpi)

Keywords

Katagami dyeing stencil pattern overlapping circles created dense mesh dots maker katagami stencil geometric motifs Japanese Meiji period late 19th early 20th century Japan height 44.3 cm width 25.0 cm rectangular sheet textured dark border surrounding central area filled dense pattern small light dots border crinkled uneven torn edges colors visible dark brown black light gray off-white dotted central field.