Furisode

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Textiles

late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

Japan

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Furisode
Place: Japan (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1801–1900
Medium: Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave, rinzu; yuzen dyed, painted, and stenciled; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin and single satin stitches; laid work, couching, and Chinese knots; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower
Dimensions: 183.7 × 122.7 cm (72 3/8 × 48 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith
Reference Number: 1991.635
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Mary V. Hays and Ralph E. Hays, “Nô Drama Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes.” “Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On the Sleeve of Fondest Dreams.” Special issue, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 18, 1 (1992): 39, cat. no. 21, pl24, fig. 1 (ill.).
Iwao Nagasaki, Japanese Textiles in American Collections (Tokyo: Shogakukan, Inc., 1995), 144, cat. no. 141.

Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein Hall, Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On this Sleeve of Fondest Dream, Mar. 7–June 7, 1992, cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Asian Art, Ando Gallery, July 12-Nov. 15, 2000.

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