Art Institute of Chicago

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Japan

Date

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1750/1800

Medium

Silk, 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; appliquéd with silk, plain weave; glazed; backed with paper; embroidered with silk-wrapped cotton cord in laidwork and couching

Culture

Japan

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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