Ôhi (Stole) by Japan, textile, 1850-1890

Ôhi (Stole)

Japan

Year
1850-1890
Medium
Heri, yô, and jô: silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper strip, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten: silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper strip, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: cotton, mixed twill weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats
Dimensions
139 × 298 cm (54 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

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

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