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A work made of silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (donsu); tie-dyed (hitta shibori); and embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk and wrapped rayon in stem stitches; couching.

Nagoya Obi (Formal Belt)

1920/26, late Taishô period (1912–1926)

Japan

Japan

Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (donsu); tie-dyed (hitta shibori); and embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk and wrapped rayon in stem stitches; couching

Textiles