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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.)
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
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
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