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A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with safflower, beni.

Atsuita karaori (Noh Costume)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25

Japan

Japan

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with safflower, beni

Textiles