Underkimono with Overall Shibori Design / Artist Unknown, Japan

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Accession Number: 2005/1.397
Title: Underkimono with Overall Shibori Design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Medium and Support: Silk crepe with tie-dyed design
Object Creation Date: circa 1925-1940
Credit Line: Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
Period: Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Dimensions: 128 cm x 135 cm (50 3/8 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
Century: mid-20th century
Physical Description: Silk repp weave crepe with tie-dyed (shibori) design
Subject Matter: Traditional silk kimono undergarment. Shibori is a labor-intensive-technique involving the hand-tying of many small knots, and as such would have been very expensive.
Primary Keywords: kimono; tie-dyed; underclothes
Secondary Keywords: costume; costume by form; descriptors; main garments; objects we use; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; resist dyeing; textile dyeing processes and techniques; textile finishing processes and techniques; textile processes and techniques
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Record: 2005/1.397
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.397/2005_1_397frt.jpg

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Full citation: "Underkimono with Overall Shibori Design; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.397/2005_1_397frt.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.