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Textile fragment
Textile fragment

Textile fragment

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
DimensionsHeight x width: 10.5 x 9.5 cm (4 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineEverett Fund
Accession number84.419
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenancePurchased at the Foreign Fair from Louis Wertheimer by the MFA on January 7, 1884
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