Black Nagoya-style obi with embroidered pine needle designs in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads / Artist Unknown, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 2005/1.330
- Title
- Black Nagoya-style obi with embroidered pine needle designs in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- black silk damask with mettalic thread embroidery
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 345 cm x 31.5 cm (135 13/16 in. x 12 3/8 in.)
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Costume and Costume Accessory
- Primary Object Type
- obi
- Secondary Object Classification
- Textile
- Secondary Object Type
- embroidery
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with some interwoved black lacquered threads; pine-needle design embroidery in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
- Subject Matter
- Nagoya obi were first produced at the end of the Taisho era, and are simpler than the more formal fukuro and maru obi. A portion of Nagoya obi fabric is folded and stitched in half, making it easier to tie. This is possibly a 1930s fukuro obi resewn into Nagoya style in 1970s
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn at the waist or below
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- descriptors
- evergreens
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2592 x 3888
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2005/1.330
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"Black Nagoya-style obi with embroidered pine needle designs in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.330/2005_1_330.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
