Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)
1870–1890
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave, with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk in laidwork and couching; pieced; lining: silk, plain weave
- Dimensions
- 178.3 × 188.5 cm (70 1/4 × 64 1/4 in.); Repeat: 10.6 × 10.3 cm (4 3/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
liturgical - buddhistsilk (fiber)meijiritual objectsneedlework (visual works)Textilepaper (fiber product)Japanism