Title

Kesa, Japan, late Edo period (1789-1868), mid-19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Kesa, Japan, late Edo period (1789-1868), mid-19th century.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21B27_299

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

16.0Mo (2.1Mo) / 25.4cm x 15.8cm / 3000 x 1862 (300dpi)

Keywords

religious arts country religion Buddhist Buddhism metal pattern art threads costume clothes color design decoration decorative weaving Japan Japanese robes robe dress gold paper location century textiles gallery fabric thread clothing silk textile woven haberdashery art gallery Colour Patterned 19th century gold leaf nineteenth century Edo period buddhists object Unknown Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art gold thread metallic thread kesa Textiles 19th-century Art Institute Chicago 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 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 lined with silk 4:1 satin damask weave