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Title: Olive Nagoya-style obi with wax-resist dyed floral medallions in white, rose, green, and blue
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Olive colored silk with wax-resist dyed (rokutsuzome) floral patterns in white, rose, green, and blue; floral patterns further embellished with embroidery originally in white thread, dyed at the same time as floral patterns. Embroidery thread sometimes shot with some strands of gold.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1930s-1940s
Accession Number: 2005/1.339
Medium and Support: olive colored silk with wax resist and embroidered patterns
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Title: Red kimono with stenciled dot pattern and woven brocade patches
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: White silk with stenciled (katazone) hitta kanoko design in red, and woven brocade patches using paper strips coated in black and red lacquer and silver (ginran). Upper half of lining is red plain weave silk (momi); lower half is lime green silk damask (rinsu), woven in T-diaper pattern (suyagata).
Century: mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1930s-1940s
Accession Number: 2005/1.375
Medium and Support: white silk with red stencil design and brocade patches
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Title: Purple shibori kimono with overall pattern of tiny squares in diagonal rows
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Purple silk crepe with hitta miura and hand tie-dyed design achieving the effect of many diagonal rows of tiny squares. Upper lining is plain weave momi (red silk) and lower and cuff linings are mauve pink.
Century: mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1930s-1940s
Accession Number: 2005/1.376
Medium and Support: purple silk crepe with tie dye design
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