Textile fragment of brocaded silk in silks and gilt paper strips. Pattern in yellow and straw colour on a dark blue ground. Large intersecting squares with wide borders filled with fret work. The squares contain phoenixes or dragons enclosed by scrolled and interlacing ornament, and on a ground filled with diaper or pairs of doves and clouds. At the points of intersection are large compartments of undulating forms, each enclosing a rectangle within which is a cash device with a flower lozenge surrounded by blossom and foliage.Textile fragment of brocaded silk in silks and gilt paper strips, Japan, first half of 19th century