Art Institute of Chicago

Kesa

Unrecorded artist

late Edo period (1789–1868), mid–19th century

Attribution

Japan

Medium

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask weave

Physical dimensions

117.2 × 208 cm (46 1/8 × 79 in.); Repeat: 17.5 × 10.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

Credit line

Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith