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Watered silk
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Textile fragment
Watered silk
probably French or English, used in America
about 1851
Place of Use: Cambridge (or Boston area), Massachusetts, United States; Place of Manufacture: probably France or England
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave
Dimensions
Overall: 13.3 x 15.9 cm (5 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Asa Gray
Accession Number98.64L
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBlack triangular textile fragment, moiré, warp-faced
ProvenanceMrs. Asa Gray (Jane Lathrop Loring, 1821-1909); Gift to the MFA, April, 1898