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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 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, pieced
Dimensions
Height x width: 53 15/16 x 50 in. (137 x 127 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.228
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of alternating rows of chrysanthemum and other floral motif in pink, white, light and dark green, light and dark blue, reddish-orange silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a dark blue twill-weave silk ground; lined with plain-weave hemp.
InscriptionsInscription
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921