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Textile fragment
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Height x width: 19 x 9 cm (7 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number84.424
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile fragment with design of floral snowflake (yukiwa) motif on a diamond repeat pattern in gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning.
Provenance84.417-84.552 were purchased for $150 of Louis Wertheimer at the Foreign Fair by the MFA on January 7, 1884