
Caption
Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 1844/80, Japan, Heri, jô, yô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts, shiten, niten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘S’ twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts, some bound in weft-float faced 1:2, and 1:5 ‘S’ twill interlacings, lining: silk, plain weave self-patterned by rows of 1:1 plain gauze crossings, 115.7 x 191.8 cm (45 9/16 x 75 1/2 in.)
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Chicago, The Art Institute
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection/Artokoloro
Reference
LZT20A40_234
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