The UMMA Collection
1920-1980
Japanese
silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran), embroidery and couched metallic threads
mid 20th century
Minagawa Gekka
satin damask silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
n.d.
Japanese
blue, green, red, yellow and gold satin brocade with six insets
circa 1970-1979
Japanese
gray twill silk with shibori and embroidery with silk and metallic thread
circa 1950
Minagawa Gekka
crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
circa 1950
Minagawa Gekka
crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
1st half of 20th century
Indian
white, green, magenta, and indigo silk floss embroidery on madder-dyed cotton