Japan

Kesa

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/50

Pieced and appliqued: silk and gold-leaf-over-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; lined with silk, plain weave; hand straps of silk, plain weave; cords: silk, plied, knotted, cut fringe, cotton 2:2 oblique twill interlacing

200.5 × 115.6 cm (78.9 × 45.5 in)