Japanese kimono-style robe with tie cord. a: Robe has brocaded fabric with brown background and all-over repeat pattern of blossoms, bamboo, clouds, hexagrams and small cranes in gold-, silver-, and bronze-colored thread, with red damask silk lining with all-over repeat pattern of large medallions comprised of blossoms in circle; thick wool padded hem of same red silk. 164cm L. b: Tie cord consists of one silver-colored rope with tassel and one red rope with tassel, joined at their ends with red knot hiding the join. 126cm L.
Donor:
Emily Tomaskovic
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan. Purchased in Tokyo ~1944.
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collection date:
ca. 1944
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Robes (main garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes