Japan

Ôhi (Stole)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/68

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

147.3 × 33 cm (58 × 13 in)