Kimono

Iida & Co./Takashimaya

ca. 1910 · silk · Costume Institute

Japonisme reflected the influence of Japanese art and design on the West. This evening robe illustrates the confluence of the two cultures; its classic kimono silhouette is Westernized through the inclusion of a center-back pleat construction.

Artist

Iida & Co./Takashimaya

Date

ca. 1910

Medium

silk

Culture

Japanese

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime L. Hermanos, 1961