Caption
Jinbaori (Surcoat), Edo period (1615–1868), c. 1750, Japan, Silk, 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 with painted details, mon: wool, plain weave, fulled, lined with: silk and metal-foil-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float-faced 4:1 satin with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float-faced 1:4 satin interlacings, edged with silk and gilt-silver-over-lacquered-paper strips, 4:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning warps and wefts, kikkô: silk and silvered-metal strips, plain weave with supplentary patterning wefts, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in laid work and couching, edged with silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, satin or twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts, all edgings wrapped over rolled paper and center backed by paper, silk tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing cord, knotted, 112 x 94.6 cm (44 1/4 x 37 1/4 in.)
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Chicago, The Art Institute
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection/Artokoloro
Reference
LZT20A39_221
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