Japan

Ôhi (Stole)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/68

Heri, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z’ twill weave with plain 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 'S’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave

146.5 × 29.3 cm (57.7 × 11.5 in)