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Textile fragment

Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk; plain-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions Height x width: 23.5 x 19.5 cm (9 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Everett Fund
Accession Number84.442
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile fragment with design of diamond grid work composed of alternating floral and bird motifs in blue, green and white silk supplementary weft patterning on a dark blue plain-weave silk ground.
ProvenancePurchased at the Foreign Fair from Louis Wertheimer by the MFA on January 7, 1884