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Textile fragment
Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk; twill-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Height x width: 14.5 x 11.5 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number84.426
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of karaori fabric with design of roundel of facing cranes in orange, purple, pink, green and black silk supplementary weft patterning on a natural twill-weave silk ground with woven concentric diamond pattern in white silk 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