Obi
1840-1880 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This length of fabric is an obi, the sash that secures a kimono. It may have been woven in Nishijin, the weaving district of Kyoto, which was fanous for the production of nishiki. This term is usually translated as brocade but is actually used to describe a wide variety of silk fabrics woven with supplementary patterning warps, or more commonly, wefts of polychrome silk or metallic threads. Obi made from these sumptuous fabrics were very popular.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Polychrome figured silk |
| Brief description | Obi, polychrome figured silk, Japan, 1840-1880 |
| Physical description | Obi of patterned silk with roundels on a lozenge ground. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr T. B. Clarke-Thornhill |
| Object history | Registered File number 1973/946. |
| Summary | This length of fabric is an obi, the sash that secures a kimono. It may have been woven in Nishijin, the weaving district of Kyoto, which was fanous for the production of nishiki. This term is usually translated as brocade but is actually used to describe a wide variety of silk fabrics woven with supplementary patterning warps, or more commonly, wefts of polychrome silk or metallic threads. Obi made from these sumptuous fabrics were very popular. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jackson, Anna. Japanese textiles. London: V&A Publications, 2000, Plate 19, p. 20. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.85-1927 |
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| Record created | December 20, 2005 |
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