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Underkimono
Underkimono

Underkimono

Date19th century
Label TextStenciled dying is used very strategically on this underkimono. Repeated intersections are misaligned so that the pattern of crossing lines is in perpetual motion.
Object number2001.528
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Pattern Richness in Modern Japanese Textiles, Feb. 15, 2007 - July 6, 2008. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Order and Border, Feb. 26, 2010 - Aug. 28, 2011. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Folding into Shape: Japanese Design and Crafts, Sept. 18, 2021 - Sept. 25, 2022.
Credit LineGift of the Christensen Fund
Dimensions52 x 47 1/4 in. (132.08 x 120.02 cm)
MediumSilk cloth (katazome)
Underkimono
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 2001.526
Underkimono
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 2001.527
Underkimono
Japanese
ca. 1930
Object number: 2001.530
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Underkimono
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 2001.529
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mid 18th century - mid 19th century
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Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
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