Kesa
1801–1850
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave, supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 'Z' twill interlacings; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, 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
- Dimensions
- 116 × 205.4 cm (45 11/16 × 80 7/8 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 11.2 cm (4 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
liturgical - buddhistsilk (fiber)costume - weavinglate edoedo (japanese period)costumeTextilepaper (fiber product)weaving