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Fragment of silk

early 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin-weave with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave
DimensionsHeight x width: 25 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. (64 x 24.5 cm)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number93.1016
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, September 1, 1893
late 18th or early 19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
late 18th or early 19th century
early 19th century