Kesa, Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/1900, Japan, Heri, shiten, niten: 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, jô, yô: silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and with supplementary patterning warps, straps: silk, warp-float face 2:1 'S' twill weave, cords: silk: 2:2 twill oblique interlacing, lining: silk, plain weave, interlining: hemp, felted, x cm (52 x 71 1/8

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Kesa, Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/1900, Japan, Heri, shiten, niten: 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, jô, yô: silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and with supplementary patterning warps, straps: silk, warp-float face 2:1 'S' twill weave, cords: silk: 2:2 twill oblique interlacing, lining: silk, plain weave, interlining: hemp, felted, x cm (52 x 71 1/8 in.)

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