Textile
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Japan. late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/1868. Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Art Institute of Chicago.
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TextileObject type
An object classified as a textile.
A picture of cloth is not a textile object.
The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Textile” in its object type field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Textile
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PaperMaterial
Paper recorded in the object's medium.
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; paper (fiber product); silk (textile); gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; paper (fiber product); silk (textile); gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
SilkMaterial
Silk recorded in the object's medium.
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; paper (fiber product); silk (textile); gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; paper (fiber product); silk (textile); gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
GoldMaterial
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; paper (fiber product); silk (textile); gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; paper (fiber product); silk (textile); gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
EmbroideryTechnique
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; embroidering; couching (embroidering); laid work” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; embroidering; couching (embroidering); laid work
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
PlantsSubject
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “plants; trees; flowers” in its subjects field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
plants; trees; flowers
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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