Caption

Katagami dyeing stencil with a pattern of horizontal ornamental stripes; geometric ornament; katagami stencil from Japan, Meiji period 19th/20th century, 1868–1912; stencil; height 40.6 cm, width 24.7 cm;, A rectangular dark sheet fills the frame with a lighter border around its edges; across the sheet are several horizontal bands of patterned cutouts showing a lighter background through the dark surface, including a few narrow dotted decorative bands, a couple of wider interlocking geometric lattice bands, and several bands of repeating rectangular motifs; the sheet shows slight creases and worn edges, and a faint small colored mark near the lower center; visible colors include dark brown or black for the sheet, white or light gray showing through the cutouts and around the border, and a small hint of blue and red in the faint mark.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_049

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60.2Mb (4.2Mb) / 18.7in x 12.5in / 5616 x 3744 (300dpi)

Keywords

Katagami dyeing stencil pattern horizontal ornamental stripes geometric ornament katagami stencil Japan Meiji period 19th 20th century 1868–1912 height 40.6 cm width 24.7 cm rectangular dark sheet fills frame lighter border edges across sheet several horizontal bands patterned cutouts showing lighter background dark surface narrow dotted decorative bands couple wider interlocking geometric lattice bands several bands repeating rectangular motifs slight creases worn edges faint small colored mark near lower center visible colors include dark brown black white light gray showing cutouts border small hint blue red faint mark.