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Title

Formal saga nishiki lavender hitoe kimono with brocade patches

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Lavender silk damask with woven chysanthemum design; painted with gold streaks (cloud patterns) and appliquéd patches of Saga brocade; borders with couched gold-wrapped threads.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1950s-1960s

Accession Number

2005/1.380

Medium and Support

lavender silk painted with gold streaks and appliquéd Saga brocade patches

relevance

rank 26.28701

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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

relevance

rank 26.16187

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Title

Formal gray kimono with gilt, embroidered and appliquéd saga brocade cloud designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

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.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1980s

Accession Number

2005/1.378

Medium and Support

gray twill silk with brocade and embroidery designs

relevance

rank 24.46910

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Title

Black supplementary weft brocade haori with woven design of sparrows and bamboo

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Black crepe silk with woven metallic threads. Lining is made of white damask silk with sayagata pattern; white gofun painted lines between pattern repeats and then bokashizome in "stripes" of colors. Woven design of sparrow and bamboo is on the back only.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1940s-1950s

Accession Number

2005/1.353

Medium and Support

black crepe silk with woven metallic threads

relevance

rank 24.08906

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Title

Black saga brocade zôri (shoes)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Black silk damask with interwoven black lacquered threads that create a shiny effect in the light. Marked "Shizuko" on the bottom.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1980s

Accession Number

2005/1.370A&B

Medium and Support

black saga nishiki brocade uppers with rubber soles

relevance

rank 24.07577

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Title

Formal crested lavender kimono with woven brocade and embroidered island and cloud designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Lavender silk crepe damask (rinsu) with woven mottled cloud-like pattern; designs in surihaku over yûzen: brocade and silk metallic thread embroidery. Lining is plain weave white silk above, second inner lining of white satin damask with woven design of chysanthemums on sayagata ground below. Lined with kimono fabric.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1980s

Accession Number

2005/1.379

Medium and Support

lavender silk crepe with woven brocade and silk and mettalic thread embroidery

relevance

rank 23.40543

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Title

Mauve-and-gold brocade obi with woven chrysanthemum scroll pattern

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

One continuous length of cloth, doubled back on itself for lining. The front side has a brocade chysanthemum design woven in gold-wrapped thread in three tones. Lozenge pattern with gold-wrapped threads for weft woven throughout.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1975

Accession Number

2005/1.327

Medium and Support

silk brocade woven in lozenge pattern with gold-wrapped threads

relevance

rank 23.30804

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Title

Nagoya-style green and pink obi with woven pattern of red and gold floral medallions

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Pink plain weave silk (half) and lime green brocade with woven crackle pattern in off-white (half); woven medallions in white, light red & dark red silk, and gold-wrapped threads.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2nd quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2005/1.340

Medium and Support

pink silk with green brocade and metallic and silk thread embroidery

relevance

rank 22.43616

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Title

Saga brocade obijime (obi cord) in green, red, white and gold

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Braided silk brocade with green, red, white and gold-covered threads; no tassels

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960-1980

Accession Number

2005/1.364

Medium and Support

saga nishiki brocade silk with green, red and white silk & gold-coated threads

relevance

rank 22.27737

Secondary Keywords

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Title

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

A checkered gold brocade foregrounds five fragments of textile: a square in the middle surrounded by four cornerpieces. Each textile has a different design, some with butterflies, birds, and other floral motifs.

Century

19th to 20th centuries

Object Creation Date

1860-1926

Accession Number

1972/2.44.9

Medium and Support

silk brocade (nishiki) and silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran)

relevance

rank 22.22613

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Title

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Indigo Brocades

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Fragments of brocade textiles are stitched symmetrically into gold fabric. Gold, blue, and brownish/copper hues create the patterns on the textile fragments.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1926

Accession Number

1972/2.44.3

Medium and Support

silk brocade (nishiki)

relevance

rank 22.16063

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Title

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Obi Brocades

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The colorful strips of brocade at the top and bottom of this panel feature a woven design of ivy and peonies entwined around cartwheels, bamboo, and stylized diamonds. A wide rectangular fragment of an obi (sash for kimono) lie at the center of the textile. It is an almost abstract design of boats tossed in a frothy sea. The warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of mauve, and muted purple, blue, and green threads.

Century

17th to 19th centuries

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1972/2.44.2

Medium and Support

brocade with gilt paper (kinran nishiki) & float stitch embroidery (watashi nui)

relevance

rank 20.80212

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Title

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Kinran and Karaori

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This brocade makes use of gold thread, creating a composite that shimmers. the warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of light blue, dark blue, yellow, mauve, silvery white, and muted green threads. Two textile fragments have been sewn into a gold background. On the left is a rectangular segment of a blue and green dragon among clouds. The right segment is a floral decoration of a variety of plants and colors, interspersed with horizontal lines.

Century

17th to 18th centuries

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.44.1

Medium and Support

silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran); Noh robe fragment, karaori (Chinese weave

relevance

rank 19.15490

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