Art Institute of Chicago

Ôhi (Stole)

Japan

Date

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/68

Medium

Heri, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten: Silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘S’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave

Culture

Japan

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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