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Kesa

A work made of silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in plain and weft-float faced 1:3 ‘s’ twill interlacings; niten: silk-wrapped cotton, ‘z’ plied; lining: silk, plain weave.

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  • A work made of silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in plain and weft-float faced 1:3 ‘s’ twill interlacings; niten: silk-wrapped cotton, ‘z’ plied; lining: silk, plain weave.

Date:

1909, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Kesa

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date

Made 1909

Medium

Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in plain and weft-float faced 1:3 ‘S’ twill interlacings; niten: silk-wrapped cotton, ‘Z’ plied; lining: silk, plain weave

Dimensions

111.1 × 201.2 cm (43 3/4 × 79 1/8 in.); Repeat: 44 × 22 cm (17 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph E. Hays in memory of Mary Van Artsdalen Hays

Reference Number

2004.1019

Extended information about this artwork

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