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Obi (Belt)

A work made of silk, rayon, and silver-leaf-over-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'z' twill weave with plain, twill, and satin interlacings of supplementary patterning wefts, self-patterning ground wefts, and secondary binding warps.

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  • A work made of silk, rayon, and silver-leaf-over-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'z' twill weave with plain, twill, and satin interlacings of supplementary patterning wefts, self-patterning ground wefts, and secondary binding warps.

Date:

1901/25, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926)

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Obi (Belt)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1901–1925

Medium

Silk, rayon, and silver-leaf-over-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with plain, twill, and satin interlacings of supplementary patterning wefts, self-patterning ground wefts, and secondary binding warps

Dimensions

331.4 × 35 cm (130 × 13 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wagner

Reference Number

1978.854

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