Formal gray kimono with gilt, embroidered and appliquéd saga brocade cloud designs / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.378
- Title
- Formal gray kimono with gilt, embroidered and appliquéd saga brocade cloud designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- gray twill silk with brocade and embroidery designs
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 160 cm x 135 cm (63 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Physical Description
- Gray silk damask with surihaku (gilt), embroidered and appliquéd brocade designs, bordered in couched gold-wrapped threads. Lining is plain weave silk, white above and gray below. Has double oak-leaf (kashiwa) crest embroidered in gold thread.
- Subject Matter
- Formal kimono.
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
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- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- weft patterning
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2005/1.378
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.378/go.2003.18.54.jpg
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"Formal gray kimono with gilt, embroidered and appliquéd saga brocade cloud designs; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.378/go.2003.18.54.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
