Uchishiki (Altar Cloth), Edo period (1615–1868), 1750/1800, Japan, Silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts, lining: cotton, plain weave, x cm (26 1/8 x 27 in

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Uchishiki (Altar Cloth), Edo period (1615–1868), 1750/1800, Japan, Silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts, lining: cotton, plain weave, x cm (26 1/8 x 27 in.)

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