Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk, voided velvet, cut-pile on a twill-weave ground with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions18.5 x 85.5 cm (7 5/16 x 33 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Yamanaka & Company
Accession number31.904
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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ProvenanceGift from Yamanaka and Co. to the MFA, November 5, 1931
19th century
about 1900
17th or 18th century
17th or 18th century
second half of 19th century
1800–50
second quarter of 19th century
second half of 19th century
first quarter 18th century
late 18th to early 19th century
19th century
second quarter of 19th century