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Kesa

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork Details

Date
late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 1850/1900
Medium
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'z' interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, 7:1 satin damask weave
Culture
Japan
Public Domain
Yes
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