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Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Chinese Character (Kanji), Cloud, Flowers, and Lozenge Pattern18th century

Not on view
Woven textile fragment with ivory damask ground, diagonal blue-gray lattice, scattered coral and gold floral medallions, and a large East Asian character in the upper right
Woven silk textile with a diagonal lattice ground in pale blue and white, overlaid with small-petal flower roundels in olive green, gold, copper, and peach, with dense blue-grey geometric dot fill in alternating panels.

Unknown, Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Chinese Character (Kanji), Cloud, Flowers, and Lozenge Pattern, 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Bella Mabury, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Chinese Character (Kanji), Cloud, Flowers, and Lozenge Pattern
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
mid-Edo period (1615-1868)
Medium
Silk figured satin (rinzu), tie-dyed (kanoko shibori), stenciled imitation tie-dyeing (kata kanoko shibori) with silk and gilt paper wrapped silk thread embroidery
Dimensions
34 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (87 × 34.93 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.39.2.276
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward. 600 Years of Embroidery from the Permanent Collection: 1380-1980. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1982.