Sutra Cover
1590–1599
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of weft-float faced 1:4 'Z' twill weave; label: silk, plain weave; painted with ink; over paper
- Dimensions
- 35.1 × 12.1 cm (13 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Repeat: 5.2 × 5.3 cm (2 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian