Kesa by Japan, textile, 1801-1850

Kesa

Japan

Year
1801-1850
Medium
Pieced and appliqued: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, 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; lined with silk, plain weave; hand straps of silk, plain weave; cords: silk, plied, knotted, cut fringe, cotton 2:2 oblique twill interlacing
Dimensions
200.5 × 115.6 cm (79 × 45 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Japan
Period
Taisho period (1912–1926)

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