Obi (Sash)

Textiles

Meiji period (1868–1912) / Taishô period (1912–1926) / Shôwa period (1926–1989) / Heisei period (1989–present), 20th century

Japan

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Department: Textiles

Title: Obi (Sash)
Place: Japan (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1901–2000
Medium: Silk, plain weave, tye dyed (shibori)
Dimensions: 264.8 × 35.5 cm (104 1/4 × 14 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen C. Gunsaulus
Reference Number: 2002.179

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Fabricating Fashion, Aug. 20, 2022–Jan. 2, 2023, no. cat.

Helen C. Gunsaulus (1886-1954), Chicago then South Yarmouth, MA, by 1954 [received from Helen F. Mackenzie, South Yarmouth, MA, permanent receipt RX1349, Oct. 5, 1954; copy in curatorial object file, Textiles Department]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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