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Gilded Washi Wefts

This is a Gilded washi wefts.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Luisa Cevese as part of Scraps.

It is dated 2015. Its medium is gilded washi paper.

It is credited Courtesy of Hosoo Company Ltd..

  • Textile (Japan)
  • silk and metallic yarns.
  • Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
  • 1938-57-1219-b
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Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Textile, Starry Indigo
  • silk (88%), silver foil over washi paper (8%), polyester (4%).
  • Gift of Hosoo Co., Ltd..
  • 2015-46-1
  • Panels (Japan)
  • silk, metallic thread.
  • Gift of Elizabeth Gordon.
  • 1964-24-8-a/c
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  • Textile (Japan)
  • silk, paper with applied gold foil.
  • Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
  • 1942-86-35-b

Its dimensions are

variable, tbd

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Scraps.

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