Kesa by Japan, textile, 1868-1900

Kesa

Japan

Year
1868-1900
Medium
Hiri, yô, jô: 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: silk and wild silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
112.4 × 184.1 cm (44 1/4 × 72 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Japan
Period
Meiji period (1868–1912)

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