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Kesa by Japan, textile, 1844-1880

Kesa

Japan

Year
1844-1880
Medium
Heri, jô, yô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten, niten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘S’ twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts, some bound in weft-float faced 1:2, and 1:5 ‘S’ twill interlacings; lining: silk, plain weave self-patterned by rows of 1:1 plain gauze crossings
Dimensions
115.7 × 191.8 cm (45 9/16 × 75 1/2 in.); Repeat: 14.6 × 8.4 cm (5 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

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

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