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Textile fragment

Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk; plain-weave ground with supplentary weft patterning
Dimensions Height x width: 21.5 x 19.5 cm (8 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Everett Fund
Accession Number84.445
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile fragment with design of wavy lines (tatewaku pattern) enclosing wisteria flowers and leaves in green and white silk supplementary weft patterning on a pale orange plain-weave silk ground.
ProvenancePurchased at the Foreign Fair from Louis Wertheimer by the MFA on January 7, 1884