Robe
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Robe made from narrow widths of cloth woven from elm bark, in tobacco brown with varied stripes of dark indigo blue and white. Dark blue cotton appliqué with white couched-thread embroidery adorns the hemline, sleeve cuffs, and upper back. Dark blue cotton neckband.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Alice Boney
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-67-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Robe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton appliqué and embroidery on elm bark (ohyo) foundation Technique: appliquéd and embroidered in couching stitches on plain weave foundation Label: Woven elm bark, appliquéd and embroidered with cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 128.9 × 118.1 cm (50 3/4 × 46 1/2 in.)