Tapestry of bright red-orange heavy-weight, ribbed silk with metallic gold emblem of a family crest (Kamon)

Title
Tapestry of bright red-orange heavy-weight, ribbed silk with metallic gold emblem of a family crest (Kamon)
LC Subject
textiles (visual works)
Donor
Stevens, Blanche Whittier
Description
Tapestry of bright red-orange heavy-weight, ribbed silk with metallic gold emblem of a family crest (Kamon) on one side; the other side has Ikat-like lines of metallic gold on warm beige ground with a partial design of dragons, sun, clouds, and geometric designs in an oval band of fire-like designs; a second emblem of a wrapped pole and a pipe-like emblem with a hole in one side; gold knotted tassels at each of the four corners. This Kamon, family emblem, might be Toyotomi.
Motif
Dragon Clouds Fire Emblem
Work Type
tapestries
Location
Japan
Date
1801/1900
Identifier
1954.001.005
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Silk Metallic Threads
Technique
Tapestry weave Cushion cover?
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University