Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

· Edo period (1615–1868), 1750/1800

Silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: cotton, plain weave

Art Institute of Chicago · CC0 1.0

Lindy Arts