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Fragment of silk
Japanese
Edo period
late 18th or early 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions
Overall: 40 x 28.5 cm (15 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number93.1024
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of dark green twill-weave silk with design of dragon and floral roundels in between which are Buddhist symbols in green and yellow silk and gilt paper stip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceTransferred from the Asiatic Dept. to Textiles.