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Buddhist textile
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper stip; twill-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Height x width: 48 5/8 x 24 3/4 in. (123.5 x 62.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.710c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist textile with design of chrysanthemum medallions and interlocking fretwork pattern (stylized thunder) in gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a dark blue twill-weave silk ground. [should be part of 19.710a-b; 19.710c (SW, 11/02)]
ProvenanceBy 1914, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)
Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.
Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.