Dyeing stencil katagami; pattern of rhombus stripes; Japanese, Meiji period 1868–1912; ise-katagami stencil; 19th/20th century; materials: stencil; height 41.0 cm, width 26.2 cm., A rectangular area near the top center filled with a repeating geometric lattice of interlocking hexagon-like shapes made of short parallel white lines sits against a textured dark brown background; the patterned area shows scalloped vertical edges on the left and right and contrasts sharply with the surrounding solid dark brown surface, and the visible colors are white and dark brown.
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Dyeing stencil katagami; pattern of rhombus stripes; Japanese, Meiji period 1868–1912; ise-katagami stencil; 19th/20th century; materials: stencil; height 41.0 cm, width 26.2 cm., A rectangular area near the top center filled with a repeating geometric lattice of interlocking hexagon-like shapes made of short parallel white lines sits against a textured dark brown background; the patterned area shows scalloped vertical edges on the left and right and contrasts sharply with the surrounding solid dark brown surface, and the visible colors are white and dark brown.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A30_041

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Dyeing stencil katagami pattern rhombus stripes Japanese Meiji period 1868–1912 ise-katagami stencil 19th 20th century materials height 41.0 cm width 26.2 cm rectangular area near top center filled repeating geometric lattice interlocking hexagon- shapes short parallel white lines sits textured dark brown background patterned area scalloped vertical edges left right contrasts sharply surrounding solid dark brown surface visible colors white dark brown.

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