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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain-weave crepe (chirimen) ground, stencil resist-dyed (suri-hita) and stitch resist-dyed (nui-shibori), embroidered with silk (shishû) and couched with gold-wrapped thread (koma-nui)
Dimensions142 x 150 cm (55 7/8 x 59 1/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number15.812
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Fragment of robe (katabira)
late 17th to early 18th century
Fragment of robe (kosode)
second half of the 18th century
Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
late 19th century, made from 17th century fabric
Textile sample
19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century