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Fragment of velvet

17th or 18th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk, voided velvet, cut pile on a twill-weave ground with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
DimensionsHeight x width: 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (43.8 x 31.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Yamanaka & Company
Accession number31.902
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift from Yamanaka & Co. to the MFA, November 5, 1931
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal
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Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
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Altar frontal (one of a pair)
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Chair panel
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