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Fragment of silk
Japanese
late Edo or early Meiji
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions
Height x width: 75 x 20 cm (29 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number95.206
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of silk with metallic gold ground and design of flowering cherry branches and clouds in reddish-orange, green, brown and white silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 16, 1895