Hitoe

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Hitoe

Place

Japan (Object made in)

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Made 1890–1926

Medium

Silk and wild silk, plain weave; resist dyed (kasuri); collar lining of silk and rayon, plain weave self-patterned by rows of gauze crossings (yoko-ro)

Dimensions

161.8 × 133.5 cm (63 5/8 × 52 1/2 in.) Repeat: 13.6 × 12.7 cm (5 3/8 × 5 in.) Shoulder to hem length: 151.2 cm (59 1/2 in.) sleeve length: 37.7 cm (14 3/4 in.) collar back to hem length: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.) width at hem: 61.2 cm (24 in.) width of sleeve panel: 33.8 cm (13 1/4 in.) width of center front panel hem overlap: 15.2 cm (6 in.) width of collar band: 11.3 cm (4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

1999.595

Extended information about this artwork

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