Framed cut velvet picture, depicting a river scene, oriented verically. On the left half, is a river and a small bark with two people. In the background is a chain of hills. On the rght half is a sloping hill with pine trees.
cut velvet
wood (plant material)
paper (fiber product)
Picture
"From William H. Gardner,/Artistic Picture Framing,/163 Essex Street, Salem, Mass./ Mary D. Harris brought /from Japan in 1901/gave it M. O. Phillips"
"How the well-known/Yuzen-Birodo, or Cut-velvet,/is made./Inventor and Manufacturer: Sozayemon Nishimura,/Kioto, Japan" (The title is followed by a description a the cut-velvet technique)
Unknown
11.5 x 13/16 (WxD) (inches)
2006.44.2561
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