Art Institute of Chicago
Tobari (Formerly Katabira)
Japan
- Date
- late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25
- Medium
- Hemp, plain weave; resist dyed, stenciled and hand painted (kata kanoko and kanoko shibori); embroidered with silk, gold-and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in satin, single satin and surface satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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