Japan

Ôhi (Stole)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/68

Heri, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten: Silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘S’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave

146.8 × 30.5 cm (57.8 × 12 in)