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Sash (obi)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain-weave, cut and uncut pile (velvet)
DimensionsHeight x width: 164 x 13 in. (416.6 x 33 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.24.11
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on
Woman's domestic short coat (magua)
first quarter 20th century
Woman's domestic short coat (magua)
first quarter 20th century
Group shot: 2008.716.1-3
Yves Saint Laurent
about 1977
Panel of velvet
early 19th century
Fragment of velvet
late 19th century
Carpet
19th–20th century (?)
Length of velvet
1450–1500
Group shot: 50.803a-b
Charles Frederick Worth
about 1880