Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date

Made 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.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

2004.1059

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