Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)
1750–1800
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: cotton, plain weave
- Dimensions
- 66.2 × 68.4 cm (26 1/8 × 27 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
liturgical - buddhistsilk (fiber)ritual objectsedo (japanese period)Textilepaper (fiber product)Japanismweaving