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Kimono (hitoe)
Kimono (hitoe)

Kimono (hitoe)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk gauze weave with stencil and hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread.
DimensionsOverall (CB + 1/2 of collar measurement X width): 171.8 x 118.1 cm (67 5/8 x 46 1/2 in.)
Other (Collar): 10.8cm (4 1/4in.)
Center back: 166.4 cm (65 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.1144
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift to the MFA on May 5, 1921
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late 19th or early 20th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
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19th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century