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Fragment of silk
Japanese
Edo period
early 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk satin-weave with gold-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave
Dimensions
Overall: 49 x 53.5 cm (19 5/16 x 21 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number95.197
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of silk with green satin ground and overall repeating design of cranes in gold-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 16, 1895