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Kesa. Japan. Date: 1801-1850. Dimensions: 200.5 x 115.6 cm (79 x 45 1/2 in.). Pieced and appliqued: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; hand straps of silk, plain weave; cords: silk, plied, knotted, cut fringe, cotton 2:2 oblique twill interlacing. Origin: Japan.

Kesa. Japan. Date: 1801-1850. Dimensions: 200.5 x 115.6 cm (79 x 45 1/2 in.). Pieced and appliqued: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; hand straps of silk, plain weave; cords: silk, plied, knotted, cut fringe, cotton 2:2 oblique twill interlacing. Origin: Japan.
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Kesa. Japan. Date: 1801-1850. Dimensions: 200.5 x 115.6 cm (79 x 45 1/2 in.). Pieced and appliqued: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; hand straps of silk, plain weave; cords: silk, plied, knotted, cut fringe, cotton 2:2 oblique twill interlacing. Origin: Japan.
Museum:
The Chicago Art Institute, U. S. A.
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4200 x 2633 px | 31.6 MB
Print size:
35.6 x 22.3 cm | 14.0 x 8.8 in (300 dpi)