Kesa. 1844–1880. Japan. Heri, jô, yô silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2 1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1 2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten, niten silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2 1 ‘S’ twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts, some bound in weft-float faced 1 2, and 1 5 ‘S’ twill interlacings; lining silk, plain weave self-patterned by rows of 1 1 plain gauze crossings

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