Caption

Katagami dyeing stencil; wild carnation pattern; maker, Japanese; Meiji period 1868–1912; ise-katagami stencil; floral ornament; 19th/20th century; stencil; height 40.6 cm, width 25.1 cm., A textured dark brown rectangular sheet with a crinkled surface fills the image, featuring a pattern of floral and leaf shapes created by narrow horizontal cutouts that reveal a bright white background beneath; the cutout shapes form several stylized flowers with radiating petal-like elements and long slender leaves connected by curved stems, arranged across the sheet in a repeating, flowing layout; subtle variations in the brown surface show areas of slightly lighter and darker brown, and the outer edge of the sheet is irregular against the white border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_044

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.3Mb (3.9Mb) / 18.7in x 11.5in / 5616 x 3444 (300dpi)

Keywords

Katagami dyeing stencil wild carnation pattern maker Japanese Meiji period 1868–1912 ise-katagami stencil floral ornament 19th 20th century height 40.6 cm width 25.1 cm textured dark brown rectangular sheet crinkled surface fills image featuring pattern floral leaf shapes created narrow horizontal cutouts reveal bright white background beneath cutout form several stylized flowers radiating petal- elements long slender leaves connected curved stems arranged across sheet repeating flowing layout subtle variations brown surface areas slightly lighter darker brown outer edge irregular white border.