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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
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
Dimensions
61 x 30 cm (24 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number85.37
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTriangular-shaped Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of dragon and flower roundels on a diamond latticework in metallic silver paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a green/blue twill-weave silk ground; lined with plain-weave glazed cotton.
ProvenanceGift of Charles Henry Parker, from the Estate of Alfred Greenough, to the MFA on April 9, 1885