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Embroidered panel
Embroidered panel

Embroidered panel

19th century
Medium/TechniqueSilk, metallic gold-wrapped silk thread; satin-weave ground with embroidery (shishû)
DimensionsHeight x width: 30 1/8 x 27 in. (76.5 x 68.6 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number22.547
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on May 4, 1922
Scroll mount (hyôsô)
18th or 19th century
Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
late 19th century, made from 17th century fabric
Gift cover (fukusa)
late 19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
second half of 19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
mid-19th century