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About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Cover

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 1901–2000

Medium

Rayon, silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper, 5:1 diamond twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: cotton, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; cords: rayon, 2:2 oblique square interlacing; knotted

Dimensions

216.5 × 213.5 cm (85 1/4 × 84 in.); Repeat: 16.3 × 16.3 cm (6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

2004.1073

Extended information about this artwork

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