Wall Hanging made from a Buddhist's Vestment (Kesa) of gold brocade in Kinran weave cut into 48 pieces and skillfully patched together
- Title
- Wall Hanging made from a Buddhist's Vestment (Kesa) of gold brocade in Kinran weave cut into 48 pieces and skillfully patched together
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Donor
- Gatton, Dorothy
- Description
- Wall Hanging made from a Buddhist's Vestment (Kesa) of gold brocade in Kinran weave cut into 48 pieces and skillfully patched together; various flower motifs in blues, mauve, browns, green, yellow, purple on a golden ground of metallic and white silk.
- Motif
- Various flowers
- Work Type
- wall hangings
- Location
- Japan
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1952.004.002
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Gilt Paper
- Technique
- Twill weave Brocade Kinran weave Patchwork
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- From record: The Buddhist priests of the past did not feel that they could wear the tattered, coarse garments appropriate to the humbleness of the mind they professed, and yet they believed they must keep within their precepts. A compromise was effected by wearing silken robes that had been cut into 48 pieces and carefully patched together. This is such a robe. Kinran patterns are made by inserting thin strips of gold covered thread (gilt paper) into the warp of every other row.
