Japanese silk crape; "Omeshi Kasuri"; Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1915
notes: label: Description
content: A sample of Japanese silk crape; "Omeshi Kasuri"; Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915. A satin-striped silk fabric, similar to crepe poplin; woven with specially tie-dyed (kasuri) yarns in an arrow design. Purple and white. 1915 price: 3.30 yen per yard, F.O. B. Yokohama., printed with an irregular spot design. Colors: red, blue, and green on white. 1915 price 2.35 yen per yard, F.O. B., Yokohama.
label: Description
content: From the Bureau of Commerce and Industry, Tokyo, Japan. Gift of His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Commission to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition; through H. Yamawaka, Com-Gen. Received April 1916.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
label: associated place
content: Japan
topic: label: related event
content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T03098.000
label: catalog number
content: T03098.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: kasuri (tie-dyed yarns) (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in; 35.56 cm