Kesa
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
- Dimensions
- 113.7 × 205.6 cm (44 3/4 × 80 7/8 in.); Repeat: 12 × 11.8 cm (4 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
liturgical - buddhistsilk (fiber)meijilate edoedo (japanese period)Textilepaper (fiber product)weaving