Obi (Belt)

Textiles

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

Japan

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, gold- and silver-leaf-over-paper-wrapped rayon, and rayon, plain weave with gauze crossings and plain and weft-float faced 1:7 satin interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions: 461.8 × 34.5 cm (181 5/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wagner
Reference Number: 1978.856

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