Looped skein of natural-colored kibisoo yarn

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2015	Work on this object began.
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Skeins Of 500 Denier Kibiso, 2015

This is a Skeins of 500 denier kibiso. It was manufactured by Tsuruoka Fabric Industry Cooperative.

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

It is dated 2015. Its medium is kibiso.

This object was donated by Tsuruoka City. It is credited Courtesy of Matsuoka Co. Ltd..

Horizontal rectangle. Verso: Several women are seated at tables on which the silk worm cocoons are place, and are in the process of unwinding the cocoons, the thread being wound on large spools. Woman stands at right, holding a child in her arms. Another tends the fire in left foreground.

Drawing, Sericulture, Unwinding Cocoons, ca. 1590
pen and brown ink on white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-171

Recto: Above left: winding silk by steaming silkworm cocoons and reeling the raw silk from the cocoons. Below left: Gathering the mulberry leaves outside. Above right: Spreading the leaves on trays. Lower right: Feeding mulberry leaves to the silkworms.Verso: inscription, a stack of trays, a leaping lynx. At right, detail studies of three mulberry leaves, on a large scale.

Drawing, Recto: Four preliminary design for the "Vermis Sericus"...
pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on two joined sheets of paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-297

Justinian seated under a canopy, at left with his advisers. A monk, kneeling at the king's right, points out to him the process of silkworm culture, which is visible through the window behind.

Drawing, The introduction of the silkworm at the court of emperor Justinian,...
pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-303

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Promotional handkerchief printed with several steps in the process of producing silk. Hemmed on three sides.

Handkerchief, Silk, 1840–60
cotton.
Gift of Cora Ginsburg.
1986-63-1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 63.5 × 6.4 × 8.9 cm (25 in. × 2 1/2 in. × 3 1/2 in.); 5 skeins

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

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/DasTB/
Accession Number 89.2015.4-1
Object ID 420556817