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Panel of velvet

17th century
Object PlaceIndia
Medium/TechniqueSilk, cut pile (velvet), painted and stencilled with gold paint. 5/1 satin weave.
DimensionsOverall: 184 x 89 cm (72 7/16 x 35 1/16 in.)
Each panel approximately 64" x 10"
Border measures 4" wide, on average.
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot
Accession number1981.661
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1981, anonymous year-end gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)
Chair panel
first quarter 18th century
Sword cover (katana bukuro)
18th or 19th century
Carpet
19th–20th century (?)
Textile fragment
18th or early 19th century
Length of velvet
1450–1500
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to first half of 19th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century