Textile fragment of brocaded silk in silk and gilt paper strips, Japan, first half of 19th centuryTextile fragment of brocaded silk in silk and gilt paper strips. Pattern of colours on a white ground and consists of a diaper of large cash devices with flower lozenges, and each of the flower lozenges are outlined by lucky sceptre-heads and surrounded by four peony sprays. At the points of contact of the cash devices are multi foil figures, each enclosing a ten-petalled blossom. There is a lower border consisting of a series of coloured strips.