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Collections

Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Decorated ShellsEdo period (1615-1868), second half of the 17th century

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Japanese textile fragment on golden-tan silk with embroidered fan and leaf-shaped motifs, including a navy blue oval with a stitched garden bridge scene, gold leaf forms, and lattice-patterned fans
Detail of silk embroidery on deep blue ground, depicting pine trees, stylized clouds in gold couched thread, a crane in flight, and a roofed pavilion at right, with a large peony in gold at lower center.
Title
Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Decorated Shells
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Edo period (1615-1868), second half of the 17th century
Medium
Silk satin (shusu), stitch-resist dyed (nuishime shibori) and stenciled imitation tie-dyed (kata kanoko), with silk and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk thread embroidery
Dimensions
25 1/4 × 13 1/8 in. (64.14 × 33.34 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.39.2.288
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Gluckman, Dale Carolyn and Sharon Sadako Takeda et al. When Art Became Fashion: Kosode in Edo-Period Japan. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992.