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Fragment of silk
Japanese
Edo period
early 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions
Overall: 54 x 69 cm (21 1/4 x 27 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number97.171
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of silk with repeating design of alternating rows of floral and plant motifs in green, yellow-green, reddish-orange, salmon-pink and dark brown silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a cream twill-weave silk ground.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, April 10, 1897