Textile fragment of brocaded silk in silk and gilt paper strips. Pattern in colours on a green ground and consists of interlacing ovular figures, pointed at the sides, which cover the whole ground. They are filled with hexagons, lozenge, fret and cash device diaper. In the intervening spaces are sprays of lotuses and five-petalled blossoms.Textile fragment of brocaded silk in silk and gilt paper strips, Japan, first half of 19th century