Sutra Cover
1590–1599
- Medium
- Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 satin interlacings
- Dimensions
- 36.8 × 12.1 cm (14 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 17.8 cm (7 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian