Kesa

1926–1930

Medium: Heri, jô, yô: silk gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten and niten: silk, gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk , warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, 4:1 satin damask weave
Dimensions: 114.7 × 99.4 cm (45 1/8 × 78 1/2 in.); Repeat: H.: 106 cm (41 3/4 in.); Lining repeat: 27.2 × 11 cm (10 3/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
Genre: Textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles