Vest
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Woven silk vest with stencil-applied resist pattern of lanterns and flowering vines in indigo. Ground covered in delicate white lines, suggesting wood vein or mokume. Collar with brown, cream and navy plaid. Blue and green panels at sides. Lined with bright pink silk (much pieced); interlined. Basting stitches suggest repair or remaking.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Sidney Cardozo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-3-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Vest
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, indigo Technique: stencil-applied rice resist, indigo dyed (katazome) on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 66 × 57.2 cm (26 × 22 1/2 in.)