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Bag for tea container (shifuku)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, satin-weave ground with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
Overall (Approx for storage): 13 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm (5 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.617
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDrawstring bag (shifuku) for tea container (chaire) with design of repeating heart-shaped motifs in white silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a blue satin ground. There is a blue and light brown iridescent plain-weave silk lining and a brown braided silk cord.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915