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Fragment of silk
Fragment of silk

Fragment of silk

late 18th or early 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain-weave with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave
DimensionsOverall: 73 x 50.5 cm (28 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number95.204
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 16, 1895
Textile fragment
late 17th century
Fragment of silk
early 19th century
Fragment of silk
late 19th century
Fragment of silk
early 19th century
Fragment of silk
late 16th century
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early 15th century
Fragment of silk
19th century
Fragment of silk
late 18th or early 19th century
Textile sample
19th century