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Textile fragment

Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions Height x width: 5 x 13.5 cm (1 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Everett Fund
Accession Number84.421
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile fragment with design of paulownia (kiri) and scrolling vine (karakusa) in gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning in white twill-weave silk ground.
Provenance84.417-84.552 were purchased for $150 of Louis Wertheimer at the Foreign Fair by the MFA on January 7, 1884