Art Institute of Chicago

Kesa

Japan

Date

Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/1900

Medium

Heri, shiten, niten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; jô, yô: silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and with supplementary patterning warps; straps: silk, warp-float face 2:1 'S' twill weave; cords: silk: 2:2 twill oblique interlacing; lining: silk, plain weave; interlining: hemp, felted

Culture

Japan

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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