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Length of silk velvet
Length of silk velvet

Length of silk velvet

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper strips; velvet, pile, cut-pile with plain-weave ground
Dimensions56 x 57 cm (22 1/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Asa Gray
Accession number99.61
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Asa Gray to the MFA on April 16, 1899
Length of silk for sash (obi)
18th or 19th century
Chair panel
first quarter 18th century
Altar frontal
1800–50
Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
Panel for carpet
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century