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A work made of square piece of kinran, plain compound silk of orange-brown ground with pattern woven in gilded paper strips finely cut, representing chrysanthemum and peony scrolls, lined with white linen.

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Edo period (1615–1868), 1801/25

Japan

Japan

Square piece of kinran, plain compound silk of orange-brown ground with pattern woven in gilded paper strips finely cut, representing chrysanthemum and peony scrolls, lined with white linen

Textiles