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Kesa Corner Patch (shiten)

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 's’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave.

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  • A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 's’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave.

Date:

1900/26, Meiji period (1868–1912)/Taishô period (1912–1926)

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Kesa Corner Patch (shiten)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

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Made 1900–1926

Medium

Silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave

Dimensions

16.1 × 15 cm (6 3/8 × 6 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

2004.1043

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