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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: 68 x 34 cm (26 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number93.1120
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of reddish-orange twill-weave silk with design of repeating rows of chrysanthemum cream and vajra in green silk outlined with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, September 1, 1893