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Obi (Belt)

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warp and supplementary patterning wefts; interlining: silk fiber over cotton, plain weave.

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  • A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warp and supplementary patterning wefts; interlining: silk fiber over cotton, plain weave.

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 and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warp and supplementary patterning wefts; interlining: silk fiber over cotton, plain weave

Dimensions

425.3 × 33.5 cm (167 3/8 × 13 1/8 in.); Repeat: 19.2 × 8.5 cm (7 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Reference Number

2002.197

Extended information about this artwork

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