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Bag for tea container (shifuku)
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, satin-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts, silk braided cord
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 6 x 6 cm (3 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.624
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDrawstring bag (shifuku) for tea container (chaire) with design of repeating hexagon pattern in blue silk surrounding simple floral motif in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a natural ecru silk satin ground. There is a natural ecru, plain-weave silk lining and a dark blue, braided silk cord.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915