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: 71 x 20 cm (27 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number95.205
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 16, 1895
19th century
late 18th or early 19th century
late 18th or early 19th century
early 19th century
1984
19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
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19th century