白綸子地菊藤花束雲模様打掛|Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Chrysanthemum and Wisteria Bouquets

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second half of the 18th–first half of the 19th century · Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on resist-dyed and painted silk satin damask (rinzu) · Asian Art

Luxurious outer robes like this one were worn by high-ranking samurai women in the late Edo period. By the 1870s, however, some of these garments had found their way into the wardrobes of Western women or had been remade into European styles of the time.

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half of the 18th–first half of the 19th century

Medium

Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on resist-dyed and painted silk satin damask (rinzu)

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Juliet Boone, 1981