Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts: July 2011–June 2012


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Spider's Web Crossing

1999
Keiko Kobayashi
Height x width: 31 1/2 x 19 11/16 in. (80 x 50 cm)
Silk knotted net, embroidered with cotton and synthetic metallic threads

Classification: Jewelry / Adornment

Culture: Japanese

Accession number: 2011.2003

Description: Small squares of knotted netting embellished randomly with blue, orange, and metallic silver and gold threads, and stitched together to form a three-dimensional, free-form necklace.

Provenance/Ownership History: 2011, gift of the artist to the MFA. (Accession date: November 16, 2011)

Gift of the artist