Description
Gold-threaded Multi-color Brocade (Nishiki Kinran)
Primary Descriptors
| Classification
|
Design
|
Base Color
|
Pattern Name
|
| Compound
|
Plants/flowers Arabesque Insect/Butterfly
|
Brown
|
|
Weaves
| Structural Weave
|
Pattern Weave
|
Supplementary Pattern
|
| Twill (S)
|
Twill (S)
|
Brocade
|
Warp Properties
| Material
|
Color
|
Thread count/cm
|
Thread Diameter/denier
|
Twist SZ
|
Ply
|
| Silk
|
Brown, tan
|
24
|
|
|
|
Weft Properties
| Material
|
Color
|
Thread count/cm
|
Thread Diameter/denier
|
Twist SZ
|
Ply
|
| Silk
|
Brown, (Gold)
|
17
|
|
|
|
Supplementary Warp Properties
| Material
|
Color
|
Thread count/cm
|
Thread Diameter/denier
|
Twist SZ
|
Ply
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplementary Weft Properties
| Material
|
Color
|
Thread count/cm
|
Thread Diameter/denier
|
Twist SZ
|
Ply
|
| Gold on paper thread, silk
|
Gold, Tan, Red-brown, White
|
|
|
|
|
Dimensions
| Pattern Unit Length repeat in cm
|
Pattern Unit Width repeat in cm
|
Bolt width in cm
|
| 19.2
|
19
|
|
History
Originating Institution
Research
Bibliography
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