Kimono

Department Store (attributed) Iida & Co./Takashimaya Japanese
ca. 1910
Not on view
Japonisme reflected the influence of Japanese art and design on the West. This evening robe illustrates the confluence of the two cultures; its classic kimono silhouette is Westernized through the inclusion of a center-back pleat construction.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Kimono
  • Department Store: (attributed) Iida & Co./Takashimaya (Japanese, founded 1831)
  • Date: ca. 1910
  • Culture: Japanese
  • Medium: silk
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime L. Hermanos, 1961
  • Object Number: 2009.300.1282
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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