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Asian Art
Public domain

Priest’s robe and stole, compound twill brocaded

18th century

Warps grey-brown silk alternately double and single, twill woven over two

robe: 45 1/2 × 81 1/2 in. (115.6 × 207 cm)
stole: 64 × 11 3/4 in. (162.6 × 29.8 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1951.12.3a-b
Geography: 
Japan
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Japanese
Period: 
Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: 
Apparel/Costume
Provenance: 

William L. Keane 1951; Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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