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1910

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1931

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Textile (Japan)

This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 1905 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is silk, gilt paper wound on silk core and its technique is plain weave with supplementary weft. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 421.3 × 69.3 cm (13 ft. 9 7/8 in. × 27 5/16 in.)

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Textile (Japan); silk, gilt paper wound on silk core; H x W: 421.3 × 69.3 cm (13 ft. 9 7/8 in. × 27 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt; 1931-4-23

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