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Fragment of silk

18th or early 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk twill-weave with silk, gilt paper strip and gold-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
DimensionsHeight x width: 27 x 24 cm (10 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number01.5917
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, May 22, 1901