Kinran fragment

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Kinran fragment
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date18th century
MediumSilk, paper
DimensionsOverall: 13.3 x 35.6 cm (5 1/4 x 14 in.) Frame: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object numberS2024.5.19
Not on view
DescriptionTemple hanging fragment made of orange silk fabric with gold, green, and white designs.

Additional Details

Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection, #19
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "19, SILK AND PAPER WEAVE. / JAPANESE, XVIII Century. / Part of a temple hanging. / The metal "thread" found in Oriental weaves is usual- / ly made of paper cut in narrow strips to the surface / of which gold, silver-leaf or other metal has been ap- / plied. When this paper thread is of gold the fabric is / called "Kinran"; when of silver "Ginran."
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