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Kimono (kosode)
Kimono (kosode)

Kimono (kosode)

late 17th to early 18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin damask (rinzu); hand-painted with carbon dye, stencil tie-dyed (kata kanoko) and embroidered with silk and gilt paper-wrapped thread
DimensionsL x W: 163 x 130 cm (64 3/16 x 51 3/16 in. )
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.3905
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.