kimono
- Museum number
- 1989,0422.23
- Description
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Woman's silk crepe kimono, pale blue ground with freehand paste-resist decoration in white on left hand sleeve, lower half of left front, continuing around back, and on the back of the right sleeve, with yellow, green, black and dark blue added in places. Lined, top two-thirds oyster coloured silk, lower third yellow.
- Production date
- 1950s
- Dimensions
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Length: 156 centimetres
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Width: 124 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- For style, compare textile in Beyond the Tanabata Bridge ed by William J Rathbun, pp 162-3.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- According to the register, spot on front.
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1989,0422.23
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 87JP136 (Aranow no.)