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Black Nagoya -style obi with woven design of decorative spools (itomaki)

Japanese

Artwork Details

Black Nagoya -style obi with woven design of decorative spools (itomaki)
1930s-1950s
Japanese
black colored silk with gold and silver wrapped thread
134 x 12 3/8 in. (340.5 x 31.5 cm);44 1/2 in (113 cm);52 3/8 in (133 cm)
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.343

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Description

Nagoya obi
Japan, Showa period (1926–1989)
1930s–50s
Black silk with gold- and silver-wrapped thread
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi, 2005/1.343
 

Subject Matter:

Black Nagoya-style obi with itomaki

Physical Description:

Black plain-weave silk (shusu) with woven designs in turquoise, fuschia, white, apricot, red, pink, and gold- and silver- coated paper (kinran, ginran). Lined with black satin.

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