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Fragment of silk

Japanese
Edo period
early 19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk satin ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions Height x width: 10 x 7 1/2 in. (25.4 x 19.1 cm)
Mount: 40 x 54.6 cm (15 3/4 x 21 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number26.177
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionFragment of silk with design of storks, paulownia, scrolling tendrils and interlocking hexagon pattern (kikkô-mon) in blue and green silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a dark blue silk satin ground.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, November 4, 1926