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Fragment of silk
Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 34.5 cm (11 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number26.200
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of plain-weave silk with gold ground and overall repeating design of crane and cloud cartouche in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, 1926