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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk satin-weave ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, pieced
Dimensions
166 x 166 cm (65 3/8 x 65 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.234
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of grid work surrounding stylized peony roundels in pink, light blue, light green, black and white silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts outlined with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a reddish-orange satin ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921