Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Japan

Date
Edo period (1615–1868), 1801/25
Medium
Square piece of kinran, plain compound silk of orange-brown ground with pattern woven in gilded paper strips finely cut, representing chrysanthemum and peony scrolls, lined with white linen
Culture
Japan
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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Object type
AAT300312158

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