Haori (Kimono Jacket)
1920-1930 (made)
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A haori is a jacket that is worn over a kimono. This example dates to the 1920s and demonstrates that, while the shape of such garments remained traditional, their decoration often bore an unmistakable contemorary feel. The art deco style featured here was very popular with young women living in major cities such as Tokyo.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Figured crêpe silk with printed decoration |
| Brief description | Haori (kimono jacket), purple self-patterned silk crêpe with a printed abstract design, Japan, 1920-30 |
| Physical description | Kimono jacket (haori) for a woman made from self-patterned crêped silk with an all-over printed abstract design. This design is red, white and yellow on a purple ground. The background silk itself is woven with untwisted warps and paired overtwisted wefts in a plain weave, and the self-pattern of joined loops is made by using the wefts singly either in a balanced plain weave or in a 3/1 twill weave. The garment is partially lined with bright red self-patterned weave silk. |
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| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1987/493. |
| Summary | A haori is a jacket that is worn over a kimono. This example dates to the 1920s and demonstrates that, while the shape of such garments remained traditional, their decoration often bore an unmistakable contemorary feel. The art deco style featured here was very popular with young women living in major cities such as Tokyo. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jackson, Anna, Japanese Textiles in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 2000, plate 104 |
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| Accession number | FE.163-1988 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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