Kimono

Museum number:
9-17709
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3941
Description:
Kimono: pale grey blue patterned silk printed w/ bamboo, pine & plum blossoms in fake shibori; handpainted wave motifs at hem plus stems & leaves. Some flowers embroidered w/ orange, teal, pink & green silk floss; major motifs of bamboo, turtles & cranes done in gold metallic paper wrapped silk thread. Orange silk lining, long furisode sleeves, padded hem. 163.5 cm L. Acc. to Mary Hayes this is a copy of an 18th century furisode (kimono for unmarried woman); gold = bamboo trees; cranes, plum blossoms, pine; tortoises at bottom.
Donor:
Marie Richardson and Richard L. Phillips
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kimonos
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
June 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Kimono, accession number 9-17709, described as Kimono: pale grey blue patterned silk printed w/ bamboo, pine & plum blossoms in fake shibori; handpainted wave motifs at hem plus stems & leaves. Some flowers embroidered w/ orange, teal, pink & green silk floss; major motifs of bamboo, turtles & cranes done in gold metallic paper wrapped silk thread. Orange silk lining, long furisode sleeves, padded hem. 163.5 cm L. Acc. to Mary Hayes this is a copy of an 18th century furisode (kimono for unmarried woman); gold = bamboo trees; cranes, plum blossoms, pine; tortoises at bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Kimono, accession number 9-17709, described as Kimono: pale grey blue patterned silk printed w/ bamboo, pine & plum blossoms in fake shibori; handpainted wave motifs at hem plus stems & leaves. Some flowers embroidered w/ orange, teal, pink & green silk floss; major motifs of bamboo, turtles & cranes done in gold metallic paper wrapped silk thread. Orange silk lining, long furisode sleeves, padded hem. 163.5 cm L. Acc. to Mary Hayes this is a copy of an 18th century furisode (kimono for unmarried woman); gold = bamboo trees; cranes, plum blossoms, pine; tortoises at bottom.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Kimono, accession number 9-17709, described as Kimono: pale grey blue patterned silk printed w/ bamboo, pine & plum blossoms in fake shibori; handpainted wave motifs at hem plus stems & leaves. Some flowers embroidered w/ orange, teal, pink & green silk floss; major motifs of bamboo, turtles & cranes done in gold metallic paper wrapped silk thread. Orange silk lining, long furisode sleeves, padded hem. 163.5 cm L. Acc. to Mary Hayes this is a copy of an 18th century furisode (kimono for unmarried woman); gold = bamboo trees; cranes, plum blossoms, pine; tortoises at bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kimono, accession number 9-17709, described as Kimono: pale grey blue patterned silk printed w/ bamboo, pine & plum blossoms in fake shibori; handpainted wave motifs at hem plus stems & leaves. Some flowers embroidered w/ orange, teal, pink & green silk floss; major motifs of bamboo, turtles & cranes done in gold metallic paper wrapped silk thread. Orange silk lining, long furisode sleeves, padded hem. 163.5 cm L. Acc. to Mary Hayes this is a copy of an 18th century furisode (kimono for unmarried woman); gold = bamboo trees; cranes, plum blossoms, pine; tortoises at bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kimono, accession number 9-17709, described as Kimono: pale grey blue patterned silk printed w/ bamboo, pine & plum blossoms in fake shibori; handpainted wave motifs at hem plus stems & leaves. Some flowers embroidered w/ orange, teal, pink & green silk floss; major motifs of bamboo, turtles & cranes done in gold metallic paper wrapped silk thread. Orange silk lining, long furisode sleeves, padded hem. 163.5 cm L. Acc. to Mary Hayes this is a copy of an 18th century furisode (kimono for unmarried woman); gold = bamboo trees; cranes, plum blossoms, pine; tortoises at bottom.

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