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Fragment of silk
Fragment of silk

Fragment of silk

late 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain-weave ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave (kinkawa-ori)
DimensionsOverall: 37 x 22 cm (14 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number26.184
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on November 4, 1926