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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk satin-weave ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave; pieced
Dimensions
158.7 x 96.6 cm (62 1/2 x 38 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Julia Arthur Cheney
Accession NumberRES.45.70
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with overall repeating design of small snowflake (yukiwa) arabesque in white silk, accented in green and red silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a light blue silk satin ground; lined with plain-weave reddish-orange silk; constructed of six lengths stitched together.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Julia Arthur Cheney to the MFA in 1945