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Diaper (Omutsu)

19th or 20th century
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave, clamp resist dyed (itajime)
DimensionsLength x width: 160 x 33 cm (63 x 13 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Jeffrey Krauss Collection of Japanese Textiles
Accession number2015.929
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceJuly 9, 2008, sold online through Kimono Flea Market Ichiroya (seller no. 149969) to Jeffrey Krauss, Potomac, MD; 2015, gift of Krauss to the MFA. (Accession date: March 18, 2015)
Diaper (omutsu)
19th or 20th century
Textile sample
early 18th century
Length of silk
18th or 19th century
Textile fragment
8th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century
Fragment of cotton
19th century
Fragment of cotton
19th century
Quilt
late 17th - early 18th century