At center, a young man and woman fishing, a lady reclining and a man lying beside her, face down. Faces, hair and hats are painted. The scene is framed by delicate twining ribbons with foliage.
Shield-shaped face of a bag. A central figure of a lion standing atop a globe supported by sheaves of wheat, with a pair of scales to the left and a bird to the right. Border of wheat stalks.
Carrying bag made from warp-faced plain weave in alternating stripes. Broad stripes of brown and gray flanking a central stripe with geometric pattern in red and white with two superimposed pencil stripes in pink and blue, green and yellow. Groups of pencil-stripes at outer edges. Wool warp, white cotton weft. Center stripe has paired white cotton warps in ground, pattern warp of dark red wool. Tu
One of 98 examples (1925-2-69/167), oval and circular in form, with pierced and engraved ornament consisting largely of scrolls in varied patterns. Many with steel bearing plates.
Keyhole-shaped. Circular upper portion containing pierced ornament of foliated scrolls, centered with an engraved rosette. Lower portion with engraved mask, rosettes and scrolls.
Vertical sheet illustrating a balcony, an example of one of its balusters, and profiles of three different moldings. The balcony consists of three sections: a a balustrade of three balusters alternating with a short column with an engaged half-baluster; a row of alternating carved rectangular and blind vertical panels, and molding course below. There is a small semicircular projection of the balco
Horizontal sheet tipped vertically into binding, depicting a scaled drawing of the upper story of a building's balcony or loggia seen in elevation and in section, and various parts of it seen in profile. At left the elevation of the loggia consists of an entablature from the story below supporting a balustrade, likely of white stone or painted wood, upon which stand three ionic columns which then
Vertical sheet with crease across center creating an upper and lower section of sheet. The upper section consists of the plan of a balustrade and scaled drawing of a portion of a molding in profile. Below this is another scaled drawing of a moulding and column cap seen in profile. Both sketches have many inscriptions with dimensions and distances between each of the various elements in the sketche
In Japan, bamboo (take) is a symbol of prosperity. It is also a symbol of purity and innocence. This stencil has remnants of dye and shows that it was previously used or tested. Some of the silk threads have been damaged and worn away.