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Textile fragment
Japanese
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; plain-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Height x width: 23.5 x 16.5 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number84.441
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile fragment with design of butterfly and paulownia in black and white silk and gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a light blue plain-weave silk ground.
ProvenancePurchased at the Foreign Fair from Louis Wertheimer by the MFA on January 7, 1884