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A work made of silk, rayon, and gold-leaf-over-paper-wrapped rayon, warp-float faced 2:1 'z' twill weave with plain interlacings of supplementary patterning wefts, self-patterning ground wefts, and secondary binding warps; upper cover: cotton, plain weave; glazed.

Woman's Obi (Sash) Fabric

Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1940–58

Japan

Japan

Silk, rayon, and gold-leaf-over-paper-wrapped rayon, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with plain interlacings of supplementary patterning wefts, self-patterning ground wefts, and secondary binding warps; upper cover: cotton, plain weave; glazed

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