Jacket and Trousers
late 18th century - early 19th century (made)
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Matching jacket and trousers with a green and gold checkerboard design overlaid with roundels in white and blue.
The ground weave is a 3/1 twill in green silk with extra weft patterning in flat gold, white and blue passing from selvedge to selvedge and bound in a 1/2 twill by an extra warp of natural-coloured silk.
Both jacket and trousers are lined with plain weave cream silk.
The ground weave is a 3/1 twill in green silk with extra weft patterning in flat gold, white and blue passing from selvedge to selvedge and bound in a 1/2 twill by an extra warp of natural-coloured silk.
Both jacket and trousers are lined with plain weave cream silk.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Figured silk |
| Brief description | Hitatare (two pieces), polychrome figured silk, Japan, Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century |
| Physical description | Matching jacket and trousers with a green and gold checkerboard design overlaid with roundels in white and blue. The ground weave is a 3/1 twill in green silk with extra weft patterning in flat gold, white and blue passing from selvedge to selvedge and bound in a 1/2 twill by an extra warp of natural-coloured silk. Both jacket and trousers are lined with plain weave cream silk. |
| Style | |
| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1984/1876. According to the dealer from whom the Museum purchased this jacket and trousers, they were used for the kyogen drama. Albert J. Koop, in his Guide to the Japanese Textiles - Costume (London: HMSO, 1920 NAL Bibliographic Ref. No.: 25.B.130) pp.38-40 makes no mention of their being worn for dramatic performances but says they were used by certain courtiers. However, he does say that the trousers trailed twelve inches behind the feet which the Museum's pair do not. |
| Historical context | See also Textile Art (Autumn, 1981) page 64 |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.69&A-1984 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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