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Textile fragment

Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, gilt paper strips; satin-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions Height x width: 13 x 8 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Everett Fund
Accession Number84.425
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile fragment with design of stylized clouds in blue, green, orange 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