Kesa by Japan, textile, 1875-1900

Kesa

Japan

Year
1875-1900
Medium
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp ikat, warp-float faced 5:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacing of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
113.8 × 199.4 cm (44 3/4 × 78 1/2 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

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

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