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Fragment

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strips, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; left selvage present.

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  • A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strips, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; left selvage present.

Date:

Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926), probably late 19th–early 20th century

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fragment

Place

Japan (Object made in)

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Made 1875–1925

Medium

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strips, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; left selvage present

Dimensions

129.5 × 27.5 cm (51 × 10 3/4 in.); Repeat: 8.8 × 5.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles Collection

Reference Number

2002.130

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