Chôken (Noh Costume)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Chôken (Noh Costume)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

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Made 1825–1875

Medium

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of 1:2 'Z' twill interlacing; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower

Dimensions

110 × 199.5 cm (43 1/4 × 78 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Orientals; Nickerson Fund

Reference Number

1930.101

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