A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats and areas of plain weave; top collar of silk, 3:1 broken twill damask weave with creped wefts; embroidered with silk and gold-painted-silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped rayon in satin and stem stitches; lined with silk, plain weave (heiken, momi); one selvage present on collar.

Nagajuban

Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1920/25

Japan

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats and areas of plain weave; top collar of silk, 3:1 broken twill damask weave with creped wefts; embroidered with silk and gold-painted-silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped rayon in satin and stem stitches; lined with silk, plain weave (heiken, momi); one selvage present on collar

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