Priest's robe of dark blue crepe, embroidered and resist dyed

19th century

Not on view

Medium: Silk crepe, gilt thred
Dimensions: 41 1/4 × 72 1/2 in. (104.8 × 184.2 cm)
Credit Line: Helen Wells Seymour Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Doolittle
Accession Number: 1954.11.175
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Meiji era (1868–1912)
Classification: Apparel/Costume
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Provenance

Helen Wells Seymour (1878–1937) Collection, Bristol, Conn.; Laura Seymour Doolittle (1873–1957), New Haven, Conn.; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1954

Bibliography

Loretta N Staples, A Sense of Pattern: Textile Masterworks from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1981), 16, no. 8, ill

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

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Object/Work type

clothing, robes

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Priest's robe of dark blue crepe, embroidered and resist dyed Maker: Unknown

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