Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Japan

Date
late Edo period (1789–1868), 1797
Medium
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts Lining: Bast fiber, plain weave; inscribed with India ink (sumi)
Culture
Japan
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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Object type
AAT300312158

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