Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)
1750–1800
- Medium
- Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; appliquéd with silk, plain weave; glazed; backed with paper; embroidered with silk-wrapped cotton cord in laidwork and couching
- Dimensions
- 79 × 157.5 cm (31 1/8 × 63 1/8 in.); Repeat: 9.2 × 6.5 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
liturgical - buddhistsilk (fiber)late edoritual objectsneedlework (visual works)paper (fiber product)Japanism