Kesa

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Kesa

Place

Japan (Object made in)

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Made 1775–1825

Medium

Silk, warp ikat, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts; patches: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warp and supplementary patterning wefts; lined in 4:1 satin damask weave

Dimensions

116.7 × 206 cm (45 7/8 × 81 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith

Reference Number

1991.772

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