Kimono
1860-1880
| Place of origin |
This subtlely patterned kimono is of mouse (nezumi) grey, which was a very popular colour in the mid-nineteenth century. It is decorated with a small-scale design of fans created by tiny dots which have been executed with a stenciling technique called komon.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Plain weave, resist-dyeing |
| Brief description | Tex, Japan, resist-dyed, kimono for a woman with stenciled decoration of fans, late Edo - Meiji period |
| Physical description | Woman’s kimono with resist-dyed stenciled (komon) decoration of fans. Five crests. Unlined. |
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| Summary | This subtlely patterned kimono is of mouse (nezumi) grey, which was a very popular colour in the mid-nineteenth century. It is decorated with a small-scale design of fans created by tiny dots which have been executed with a stenciling technique called komon. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.20-2014 |
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| Record created | March 6, 2014 |
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