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Woman's Kimono-Style Dressing Gown with Sashcirca 1885

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Two museum mannequins in full-length women's gowns: left wears magenta silk with dense floral and hummingbird embroidery; right wears black silk robe with Japanese-style botanical embroidery over a pink corset and white skirt
Dark navy silk evening coat displayed on a mannequin, three-quarter back view, with embroidered maple leaves in pink and red across the shoulders and cream-toned floral branches along the hem.
Black silk evening wrap displayed on a white mannequin in profile, draped to reveal embroidered red and pink maple leaves across the upper portion and cream-toned botanical sprays near the hem, with fringed edges at the train.
Kimono in dark navy silk, displayed flat with sleeves extended, embroidered with red and crimson maple branches across the upper body and cream-colored foliage along the hem.
Silk kimono with black ground, embroidered with cascading autumn maple branches; red and pink leaves descend from upper left, transitioning to cream and grey foliage along the hem.
Embroidered textile with densely overlapping maple branches and leaves in cream, gray, and olive green silk thread on black ground, with fine satin-stitch detailing on each leaf.
Embroidered textile with Japanese maple branches and leaves in shades of pink, coral, and rust against a dark navy ground, with satin-stitch technique creating subtle tonal variation across the foliage.
Embroidered textile with diagonal branches of Japanese maple leaves in rust-red, dark crimson, and pale pink on a deep navy ground, with cream and gray-blue stitched stems extending across the fabric.
Close-up of silk embroidery on black fabric, depicting a branching stem with lobed leaves rendered in satin stitch; leaves range from olive green to warm tan and taupe tones.
Textile embroidery with densely overlapping palmate leaves in cream and tan silk thread on a dark ground, with scattered olive-green leaves; fine satin stitch radiates from each leaf's center.
Embroidered textile with dense cream and tan satin-stitch leaf forms radiating from central points, set against a dark woven ground fabric.
Silk embroidery on black fabric depicting two red-orange maple leaves on a branching stem rendered in dense satin stitch, with a smaller pink-toned leaf at lower left.
Embroidered name 'Emmie.' in cursive script on dark gray fabric, thread shading from deep red at left to warm orange at right.
Embroidered textile panel on black ground depicting maple branches; upper portion shows red and pink autumn leaves on twisting branches, lower portion features cream and gold maple foliage with fine silk thread detailing throughout.
Title
Woman's Kimono-Style Dressing Gown with Sash
Place Made
Japan for the Western market
Date Made
circa 1885
Medium
Gown: silk crepe with silk embroidery; sash: silk plain weave with silk embroidery and silk knotted fringe
Dimensions
a) Gown center back length: 53 1/2 in. (135.89 cm); a) Gown width: 57 in. (144.78 cm); b) Sash length: 108 in. (274.32 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.783a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.