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; label: paper printed with ink
- Dimensions
- 33.8 × 11.6 cm (13 1/4 × 3 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian