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Ôhi (Stole)

A work made of heri, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, 1:1 plain gauze weave (ro) with supplementary brocading wefts; shiten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave self-patterned by rows of 1:1 plain gauze weave (yoko ro); lining: silk, plain weave.

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  • A work made of heri, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, 1:1 plain gauze weave (ro) with supplementary brocading wefts; shiten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave self-patterned by rows of 1:1 plain gauze weave (yoko ro); lining: silk, plain weave.

Date:

early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1930/40

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Ôhi (Stole)

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 1930–1940

Medium

Heri, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, 1:1 plain gauze weave (ro) with supplementary brocading wefts; shiten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave self-patterned by rows of 1:1 plain gauze weave (yoko ro); lining: silk, plain weave

Dimensions

155.5 × 29.6 cm (61 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph E. Hays in memory of Mary Van Artsdalen Hays

Reference Number

2004.1029

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