Wrapping Cloth
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Silk gauze
DATES
early–mid 20th century
DIMENSIONS
25 3/8 × 25 3/16 in. (64.5 × 64.0 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2021.18.5
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Square wrapping cloth (bojagi) composed of square patches of various colors of fancy-weave silk gauze, sewn together to create diamond pattern within border of ivory-colored silk. At center is decorative knot of purple silk.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Wrapping Cloth, early–mid 20th century. Silk gauze, 25 3/8 × 25 3/16 in. (64.5 × 64.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2021.18.5 (Photo: , CUR.2021.18.5.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2021.18.5.jpg.
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