Japan

Kesa

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/44

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 binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave

110.8 × 214.9 cm (43.6 × 84.6 in)