Uchishiki (Altar Cloth), Meiji period (1868–1912), 1870/90, Japan, Silk, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave, with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk in laidwork and couching, pieced, lining: silk, plain weave, x cm (70 1/4 x 64 1/4 in

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Uchishiki (Altar Cloth), Meiji period (1868–1912), 1870/90, Japan, Silk, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave, with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk in laidwork and couching, pieced, lining: silk, plain weave, x cm (70 1/4 x 64 1/4 in.)

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