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Length of silk
Japanese
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; plain-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Overall (Full loom width): 99.7 x 69.9 cm (39 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24796
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of silk with design of repeating rows of pairs of carp bound to bamboo in dark green, light green and brown silk and metallic gold supplementary weft patterning on a gold silk ground.
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.