BROCADE
woven, in silk and gilt paper strips on silk crape.
Semi-oval figures, singly or in twos and threes, composed of cranes with outspread wings and sacred tortoises (<i>minogame</i>)
JAPANESE; first half of the 19th century. []Textile fragment of brocaded silk crêpe in gilt paper strips. Pattern in gold on a ground of grey shaded into black and consists of semi-oval figures, singly or in twos and threes, composed of cranes with outspread wings and sacred tortoises.Textile fragment of brocaded silk crêpe in gilt paper strips, Japan, first half of 19th century