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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk twill-weave ground with silk and gold-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, pieced
Dimensions108 x 104.5 cm (42 1/2 x 41 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.229
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921