Woman's Obi (Sash) Fabric

Japan

Date

Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1940–58

Medium

Silk, rayon, and gold-leaf-over-paper-wrapped rayon, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with plain interlacings of supplementary patterning wefts, self-patterning ground wefts, and secondary binding warps; upper cover: cotton, plain weave; glazed

Dimensions

234.3 × 70.5 cm (171 × 27 3/4 in.); Repeat: 49.8 × 33 cm (19 5/8 × 13 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Albert Hopkins