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Fragment of silk
Japanese
Edo period
early 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions
Overall: 67.5 x 48 cm (26 9/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number02.339
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of silk with dark blue twill-weave ground and design of dragon roundels and auspicious clouds in green, pink and yellow silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, October 6, 1902