Uchishiki (Altar Cloth), late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25, Japan, Silk, cotton 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, x cm (26 3/4 x 22 3/4 in

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Uchishiki (Altar Cloth), late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25, Japan, Silk, cotton 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, x cm (26 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.)

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