Kuro Tomesode

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Kuro Tomesode

Place

Japan (Object made in:)

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Made 1905–1925

Medium

Silk, plain weave (chirimen); resist-dyed and painted (hon yûzenzome: itome and tsutsugaki); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in single back and stem stitches; laid work and couching

Dimensions

163.5 × 128.5 cm (64 × 50 5/8 in.) Shoulder to hem length: 151.8 cm (59 3/4 in.) Sleeve length: 57.2 cm (22 5/8 in.) Fuki length: 1.1 cm (1/2 in.) Width at hem: 54.7 cm (21 1/2 in.) Width of sleeve panel: 32.7 cm (12 7/8 in.) Width of center front panel hem overlap: 23 cm (9 1/8 in.) Width of collar band: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.) Width of neck opening: 21.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

1999.630

Extended information about this artwork

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