Jinbaori (Surcoat) by Japan, textile, 1740-1760

Jinbaori (Surcoat)

Japan

Year
1740-1760
Medium
Silk, 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 with painted details; mon: wool, plain weave, fulled; lined with: silk and metal-foil-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float-faced 4:1 satin with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float-faced 1:4 satin interlacings; edged with silk and gilt-silver-over-lacquered-paper strips, 4:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning warps and wefts; kikkô: silk and silvered-metal strips, plain weave with supplentary patterning wefts; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in laid work and couching; edged with silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, satin or twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; all edgings wrapped over rolled paper and center backed by paper; silk tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing cord; knotted
Dimensions
112 × 94.6 cm (44 1/4 × 37 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Japan
Period
Middle Edo period

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