Katagami stencil with a design of roundels containing paulownia flowers and another motif, possibly pairs of birds facing each other

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Katagami stencil with a design of roundels containing paulownia flowers and another motif, possibly pairs of birds facing each other, 1850-1890

Date

1850-1890

Dimensions

height: 245mm
width: 409mm
stencil height: 136mm
stencil width: 351mm

More details

Katagami stencil with a design of roundels containing paulownia flowers and another motif, possibly pairs of birds facing each other. against a background of fine stripes. Tie bars are used to hold the stencil structure, these would be covered over by paste applied by hand or through a second stencil so would not appear on the printed textile. This stencil is of the sansun okuri or koban size class (determined by the repeat length).

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