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A work made of silk, plain weave, creped wefts (chirimen); paste-resist dyed (yuzen); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin, single satin, and stem stitches; couching; lined with silk, plain weave.

Kosode

Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1825

Japan

Japan

Silk, plain weave, creped wefts (chirimen); paste-resist dyed (yuzen); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin, single satin, and stem stitches; couching; lined with silk, plain weave

Textiles