Sutra Cover
1597
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, satin weave with patterning wefts; wrapped over cardboard and backed with paper; sutra, accordion-mounted
- Dimensions
- 36.7 × 12.2 cm (14 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 33.8 cm (13 1/4 in.); Pages open: 36.7 × 36.7 cm (14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian