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Kimono

A work made of silk, plain weave with 'creped' wefts (chirimen); stenciled and resist dyed; applied gold leaf; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in back and knot stitches; lined with silk, plain weave.

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  • A work made of silk, plain weave with 'creped' wefts (chirimen); stenciled and resist dyed; applied gold leaf; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in back and knot stitches; lined with silk, plain weave.

Date:

1901/25, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926)

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Kimono

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date

Made 1901–1925

Medium

Silk, plain weave with 'creped' wefts (chirimen); stenciled and resist dyed; applied gold leaf; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in back and knot stitches; lined with silk, plain weave

Dimensions

157.2 × 127.3 cm (61 7/8 × 50 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Reference Number

2002.196.1

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