There is more to this beautiful pattern that meets the eye. In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, the MFA's Art of the Americas galleries are being reimagined, introducing artwork like the one featured in this scarf print. Blue and white designs like the one seen here originated in Asia and made their way to America sometime around 250 years ago. Art like this influenced subsequent pieces by American artists and this scarf celebrates that evolution.
- Scarf dimensions: 33" x 62"
- Polyester
- Hand Wash, Hang Dry
Plate
Japanese for export to the European market, about 1660‑80
Hard‑paste porcelain
Diam. 45 cm (17 11/16 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection‑Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
2012.570
