Kesa
1775–1800
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts bound by main warps in a weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacing; cords: silk, 2:2 oblique twill interlacing; lined with silk, plain weave
- Dimensions
- 124.1 × 214 cm (48 7/8 × 84 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
liturgical - buddhistsilk (fiber)meijilate edoedo (japanese period)Textilepaper (fiber product)weaving