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late 17th–first half of the 18th century · Shibori-dyed silk satin damask (rinzu) embroidered with silk and metallic thread · Asian Art

The kosode from which this fragment came had a vivacious pattern of cypress fans and cherry blossoms set against curving oblique stripes, which probably swept from shoulders to hem. Note the traces of stitching along an edge of the topmost fan, which has lost part of its outline of couched gold-thread embroidery. The stitchholes indicate that a shibori technique was used in dyeing the purple fan shapes.

Artist

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Date

late 17th–first half of the 18th century

Medium

Shibori-dyed silk satin damask (rinzu) embroidered with silk and metallic thread

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2000 Benefit Fund, and funds from various donors, 2001