Sutra Cover
1590–1599
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts, wrapped over cardboard; applied label of silk, plain weave; with inscribed title painted and/or printed with ink
- Dimensions
- 34.1 × 12.2 cm (13 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 7.8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian