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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
Dimensions33 x 74 cm (13 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Yamanaka & Company
Accession number31.905
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift from Yamanaka and Co. to the MFA, November 5, 1931
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
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Altar frontal
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Chair panel
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