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.

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Exhibition History

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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