Woman's jacket (engyi) with breast cloth (tabet)
late 19th/early 20th century
Object PlaceMyanmar
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave, embroidered with silver metallic thread, rattan
DimensionsLength x width (Jacket (Width: sleeves edge to edge / Length: top to bottom): 47 × 114.3 cm (18 1/2 × 45 in.)
Length x width (Breastcloth): 41.9 × 18.4 cm (16 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)
Length x width (Breastcloth): 41.9 × 18.4 cm (16 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Deborah Garner
Accession number2019.1955.1-2
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ProvenanceAbout 1990/1993, sold by Madame Thair (antique dealer), Rangoon, Myanmar, to Jay Bommer and Deborah Garner, Leyden, MA; 2019, sold by Deborah Garner to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2019)
about 1799
Artist unknown, Japanese
late 17th century
late 18th century
late 16th–early 17th century
late 16th–early 17th century
16–17th century
1575–1650
late 16th–early 17th century
mid to late 18th century