Robe

Museum number:
9-15621
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Alternate number:
3207 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3710 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
PIECE LINED RECTANGLE. Silk. Brocade, handsewing, plain weave. White ground, pale gold, orange, green, blue, black, and silver, off-white lining. Pieces, lined rectangle of silk brocade, white satin ground w. floral and phoenix motif in pale gold, orange, green, blue, black, silver, off-white china silk lining, 2 loops attached to wrong side. Soiled, badly damaged in some areas by moths. Mended. 81 inches by 47½ inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
JAPAN
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Phoenixes and Robes (main garments)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 48 inches and length 81 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-15621, described as PIECE LINED RECTANGLE. Silk. Brocade, handsewing, plain weave. White ground, pale gold, orange, green, blue, black, and silver, off-white lining. Pieces, lined rectangle of silk brocade, white satin ground w. floral and phoenix motif in pale gold, orange, green, blue, black, silver, off-white china silk lining, 2 loops attached to wrong side. Soiled, badly damaged in some areas by moths. Mended. 81 inches by 47½ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-15621, described as PIECE LINED RECTANGLE. Silk. Brocade, handsewing, plain weave. White ground, pale gold, orange, green, blue, black, and silver, off-white lining. Pieces, lined rectangle of silk brocade, white satin ground w. floral and phoenix motif in pale gold, orange, green, blue, black, silver, off-white china silk lining, 2 loops attached to wrong side. Soiled, badly damaged in some areas by moths. Mended. 81 inches by 47½ inches.

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