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Undergarment

1800-1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jacket-style ungergarment known as adujinof plain weave yellow silk with stencilled decoration (bingata) of flowers and tresslis fences.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Plain weave silk with stencilled decoration (<i>bingata</i>)
Brief description
Undergarment (Dujin) of plain weave silk with stencilled decoration (bingata) of flowers and lattice fences, Shuri, Okinawa, 1800-1880
Physical description
Jacket-style ungergarment known as adujinof plain weave yellow silk with stencilled decoration (bingata) of flowers and tresslis fences.
Dimensions
  • Length: 79.5cm
  • Width: 126cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 1962/2747.
Bibliographic references
  • Jackson, Anna. Japanese country textiles. London: V&A Publications, 1997, Plate 68.
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Accession number
T.20-1963

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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