Kimono

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Kimono

Place

Japan (Object made in)

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Made 1910–1940

Medium

Silk, plain weave; resist dyed (kasuri); upper lining: cotton, plain weave; sleeve lining: cotton, satin weave; lower lining: silk plain weave (meisen); inner sleeve facing: rayon, plain weave

Dimensions

141 × 123.8 cm (55 1/2 × 48 3/4 in.) Repeat: 3.8 × 11.4 cm (1 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.) Shoulder to hem length: 135.5 cm (53 3/8 in.) Sleeve length: 44.6 cm (17 5/8 in.) Collar back to hem length: 71.4 cm (28 1/8 in.) Width at hem: 54.7 cm (21 1/2 in.) Width of sleeve panel: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.) Width of center front panel hem overlap: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.) Width of collar band: 7.3 cm (7 3/4 in.) Width of neck opening: 19.5 cm (7 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

1999.611

Extended information about this artwork

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