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Textile fragment

Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, embroidered with silk
Dimensions Overall: 44.5 x 39.5 cm (17 1/2 x 15 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.3975
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile fragment with design of floral arabesques composed of various patterns, including tortoiseshell (kikkô-mon), concentric waves (seigaiha), interlocking swastika (manji) in polychrome silk embroidery and gilt paper strips discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a tan twill-weave silk.
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.