Sutra Cover
1590–1599
- 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 1:4 satin interlacings
- Dimensions
- 32.6 × 12 cm (12 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Repeat: 8.2 × 1.8 cm (3 1/4 × 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian