Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date

Made 1700–1750

Medium

Silk, silver-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk slit tapestry weave Lining: Cotton, plain weave

Dimensions

65.8 × 65.8 cm (25 7/8 × 25 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

2004.1057

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