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A cotton futon cover with a phoenix hovering over a branch of paulownia tree.
Futon Cover
A cotton futon cover with a phoenix hovering over a branch of paulownia tree.
A cotton futon cover with a phoenix hovering over a branch of paulownia tree.
Museum of International Folk Art; Gift of the Lloyd E. Cotsen and Neutrogena Corporation Collection. Photographs by Pat Pollard.
DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Futon Cover

NameBed Cover
Artist Artist Not Recorded
DateLate 19th century
Place madeKyushu Island, Japan, East Asia, Asia
MediumCotton
Dimensions65 × 51 in. (165.1 × 129.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.660
Object numberA.1995.93.660
DescriptionA cotton futon with a phoenix hovering over a branch of paulownia tree; colors are indigo, red, orange, off-white, gray; techniques are resist-dyeing and hand painted dyes.
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