Search Results:

Viewing Record 1 of 182 >>
View : Light Box | List View | Image List | Detailed		 


Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Japanese
Title:Gentleman's Winter Kimona (Kosode)
Date Made:19th century
Type:Clothing; Needlework
Materials:silk crepe, hand embroidered with untwisted silk, gold-wrapped silk
Measurements:neck to hem: 62 1/2 in.; 158.75 cm; neck to sleeve hem: 25 in.; 63.5 cm; sleeve: 19 1/2 x 13 in.; 49.53 x 33.02 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1960.75
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. George L. Hamilton
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

Description:
The hem has been rolled and filled, making it quite heavy and dimensional, thereby preventing it from flapping in the breeze. The sleeves are also padded at the hem to keep them down. The collar band is wider so that it fits higher on the neck for warmth.

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=AC+1960.75

Research on objects in the collections, including provenance, is ongoing and may be incomplete. If you have additional information or would like to learn more about a particular object, please email fc-museums-web@fivecolleges.edu.

Viewing Record 1 of 182 >>