Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/50, Japan, 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, x cm (79 x 45 1/2 in

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Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/50, Japan, 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, x cm (79 x 45 1/2 in.)

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