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Ôhi (Stole)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Date:
Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1825
Medium:
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 'Z' twill interlacings; patches: 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; lined with silk, plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
636 × 2250 px
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