Sutra Cover
1590–1599
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, 1:1 plain gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain weave
- Dimensions
- 32.8 × 11.8 cm (13 × 4 5/8 in.); Repeat: 9 × 8.2 cm (3 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian