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Kesa by Japan, textile, 1800-1844

Kesa

Japan

Year
1800-1844
Medium
Hiri, yô, jô:: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 3:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten and niten: silk and silver-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; lining: silk, plain weave
Dimensions
107 × 197.2 cm (42 1/8 × 77 5/8 in.); Repeat warp: 19.3 × 10.2 cm (7 5/8 × 4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Japan
Period
Late Edo period (1615–1868)

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