Kesa
1875–1900
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacings; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; cords: silk and cotton, silk wrapped cloth; lined with silk
- Dimensions
- 116.3 × 200.7 cm (46 × 79 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
liturgical - buddhistsilk (fiber)edo (japanese period)costumeTextilepaper (fiber product)weaving