Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Japan

Date
Edo period (1615–1868), 1750/1800
Medium
Silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: cotton, plain weave
Culture
Japan
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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Object type
AAT300312158

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