Nagajuban

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Nagajuban

Place

Japan (Object made in:)

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Made 1915–1930

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats and areas of plain weave; top collar of silk, 3:1 broken twill damask weave with creped wefts; embroidered with silk and gold-painted-silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped rayon in satin and stem stitches; lined with silk, plain weave (heiken, momi); one selvage present on collar

Dimensions

120.6 × 109.3 cm (47 1/2 × 43 in.) Repeat: 49.6 × 18.3 cm (19 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.) Shoulder to hem length: 115.6 cm (45 1/2 in.) Sleeve length: 73.9 cm (29 in.) Width at hem: 53.5 cm (21 in.) Width of sleeve panel: 31.3 cm (12 3/8 in.) Width of center front panel hem overlap: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.) Width of collar band: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

1999.625

Extended information about this artwork

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