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Fragment of robe (hitoe)
Japanese
Edo period (Horeki era)
mid-18th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk crêpe (kinuchijimi), tie resist-dyed, embroidered with silk, couched with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
Height x width: 18 13/16 x 4 7/8 in. (47.8 x 12.4 cm)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number29.1007a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFragment of unlined summer robe (hitoe) with design of snow flakes (yukiwa) in indigo blue tie dye-resist (shibori), fan papers in pale yellow and plum blossoms in purple and pale green silk embroidery and couched gold-wrapped thead on a white silk crêpe ground (kinuchijimi weave).
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA, August 1, 1929