Kimono

Museum number:
9-17952
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017952
Accession number:
Acc.4071
Description:
Kimono: indigo blue silk w/ multicolor embroidery of peonies & anatomically correct butterflies, mostly red & pink, fine work; line w/ matching silk, inner lining purple twill woven cloth on 1 side, felted on reverse; sides basted, sash sewn into right sleeve; excellent condition. Plainwoven silk, twill woven fulled cloth, silk embroidery 2 ply threads. 151.6 cm L.
Donor:
Mr. Ivy Lee
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kimonos
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Kimono, accession number 9-17952, described as Kimono: indigo blue silk w/ multicolor embroidery of peonies & anatomically correct butterflies, mostly red & pink, fine work; line w/ matching silk, inner lining purple twill woven cloth on 1 side, felted on reverse; sides basted, sash sewn into right sleeve; excellent condition. Plainwoven silk, twill woven fulled cloth, silk embroidery 2 ply threads. 151.6 cm L.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Kimono, accession number 9-17952, described as Kimono: indigo blue silk w/ multicolor embroidery of peonies & anatomically correct butterflies, mostly red & pink, fine work; line w/ matching silk, inner lining purple twill woven cloth on 1 side, felted on reverse; sides basted, sash sewn into right sleeve; excellent condition. Plainwoven silk, twill woven fulled cloth, silk embroidery 2 ply threads. 151.6 cm L.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Kimono, accession number 9-17952, described as Kimono: indigo blue silk w/ multicolor embroidery of peonies & anatomically correct butterflies, mostly red & pink, fine work; line w/ matching silk, inner lining purple twill woven cloth on 1 side, felted on reverse; sides basted, sash sewn into right sleeve; excellent condition. Plainwoven silk, twill woven fulled cloth, silk embroidery 2 ply threads. 151.6 cm L.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Kimono, accession number 9-17952, described as Kimono: indigo blue silk w/ multicolor embroidery of peonies & anatomically correct butterflies, mostly red & pink, fine work; line w/ matching silk, inner lining purple twill woven cloth on 1 side, felted on reverse; sides basted, sash sewn into right sleeve; excellent condition. Plainwoven silk, twill woven fulled cloth, silk embroidery 2 ply threads. 151.6 cm L.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kimono, accession number 9-17952, described as Kimono: indigo blue silk w/ multicolor embroidery of peonies & anatomically correct butterflies, mostly red & pink, fine work; line w/ matching silk, inner lining purple twill woven cloth on 1 side, felted on reverse; sides basted, sash sewn into right sleeve; excellent condition. Plainwoven silk, twill woven fulled cloth, silk embroidery 2 ply threads. 151.6 cm L.

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