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
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915
late 17th to early 18th century
second half of the 18th century
mid-19th century
late 19th century, made from 17th century fabric
19th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
late 19th or early 20th century
mid-19th century
early 17th century
early 17th century
second half 18th century