Kesa
1825–1875
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 '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, 4:1 satin damask weave
- Dimensions
- 117.2 × 208 cm (46 1/8 × 79 in.); Repeat: 17.5 × 10.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
liturgical - buddhistsilk (fiber)late edoedo (japanese period)costumeTextilepaper (fiber product)weaving