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Textile fragment

Japanese
Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions Height x width: 7 1/16 x 13 3/16 in. (18 x 33.5 cm)
Credit Line Everett Fund
Accession Number84.417
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile fragment with design of chrysanthemums and scrolling leaves in white silk and gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a light tan silk twill ground.
Provenance84.417-84.552 were purchased for $150 of Louis Wertheimer at the Foreign Fair by the MFA on January 7, 1884