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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; plain-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning (kinran)
Dimensions
61 x 60 cm (24 x 23 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.792
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of rows of chrysanthemums in green, blue, pink, yellow, gold and orange silk and gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a plain-weave silk ground.
ProvenanceElizabeth Day McCormick Collection; gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA on October 14, 1943