Formal gray crested kimono with shibori and embroidered shifuku (tea caddy pouch) designs / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.374
- Title
- Formal gray crested kimono with shibori and embroidered shifuku (tea caddy pouch) designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- gray twill silk with shibori and embroidery with silk and metallic thread
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1970-1979
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 148.5 cm x 135 cm (58 7/16 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Physical Description
- Gray silk damask woven in an arare pattern, with partial hon hitta shibori designs and shifuku (tea caddy pouch) design embroidered with silk and metallic thread
- Subject Matter
- This kimono required a labor intensive technique called shibori, in which hundreds of hours would have been spent tying up each small section where white can be seen on the fabric before immersing it in dye. Shibori textiles are very expensive due to the time and skill required to produce them.
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for storing or transporting food
- costume
- costume by form
- culinary containers
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- resist dyeing
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- textile finishing processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2005/1.374
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.374/go.2003.18.50.jpg
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"Formal gray crested kimono with shibori and embroidered shifuku (tea caddy pouch) designs; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.374/go.2003.18.50.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
