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Textile fragment

Japanese
Edo period
18th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, gilt paper strips; satin-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions Height x width: 20.5 x 13.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Everett Fund
Accession Number84.422
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile fragment with design of long-tailed bird in green, blue, yellow and white silk and gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a natural silk satin ground.
Provenance84.417-84.552 were purchased for $150 of Louis Wertheimer at the Foreign Fair by the MFA on January 7, 1884