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Textile fragment
Textile fragment

Textile fragment

late 17th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain-weave with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave; paper backing; handpainted with ink
DimensionsOverall: 31 x 25.5 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number31.562
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, September 3, 1931
Fragment of silk
early 19th century
Fragment of silk
late 19th century
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early 19th century
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late 16th century
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early 15th century
Fragment of silk
19th century
Fragment of silk
late 18th or early 19th century
Fragment of silk
late 18th or early 19th century
Textile sample
19th century