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Fragment of silk
Chinese
Qing dynasty
mid-17th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave
Dimensions
Height x width: 26.5 x 22.5 cm (10 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number26.195
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of greenish-gray silk with very fine weft twill ground (tsumugiji weave) and design of lotus and tendrils in gilt paper strip supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on November 4, 1926