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Fragment of silk
Japanese
Edo period
late 18th or early 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 50.5 cm (28 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number95.204
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of silk with light blue plain-weave ground and repeating design of niche-shaped cartouche with rabbit and flowering plants in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 16, 1895