Not currently on display at the V&A

Wooden Storage Box

ca.1960 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A wooden box provided a perfect cool and clean environment for the storage of kimono.


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Storage Box
  • Storage Box Lid
Materials and techniques
Wood
Brief description
Long rectangular wooden box for the storage of the kimono and its accoutrements, ca.1960.
Physical description
Long rectangular wooden box for the storage of the kimono and its accoutrements.
Dimensions
    Credit line
    Given anonymously
    Object history
    Presented to a member of the British royal family by a princess of the Japanese imperial family in the 1960s.
    Summary
    A wooden box provided a perfect cool and clean environment for the storage of kimono.
    Collection
    Accession number
    FE.89:1-2012

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    Record createdJanuary 23, 2013
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