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Fragment of silk

Japanese
Edo period
late 18th or early 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 Overall: 46 x 45.5 cm (18 1/8 x 17 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.3944
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionFragment of silk with reddish-orange twill-weave ground and linked hexagon and square pattern variation (shokkô) composed of floral motifs in yellow, blue, green silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.