Fragment of silk

18th century

Object PlaceChina or Japan

Medium/TechniqueSilk twill-weave with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave

DimensionsOverall: 35 x 24.5 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession number07.832

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ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

ProvenancePrice paid Yamanaka (L.J. 1956) £ 1/2. Denman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on December 11, 1907

19th century

1984

19th century

19th century

19th century

18th or 19th century

early 19th century

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early 19th century

late 18th to early 19th century

19th century