Title: Woman's Overrobe (Uchikake) with Books and Mandarin Orange Branches
Object type: Overrobe
Date: first half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Embroidery in silk and metallic thread; appliqué of resist-dyed (shibori) silk fabrics on silk satin damask
Dimensions: ca. 70 in. (177.8 cm)
Classification: Costumes
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse, 1972
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books, term: Fruit, term: Plants