Object Details
Retailer
Daimaru, (Kyoto, Japan, founded 1920)
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Cloak of heavy handwoven wool from Bhutan is horizontally striped by the use of weft threads, in shades of green, red, blue, and white. The wider stripes are embroidered in geometric patterns in bright colors. Four panels of the wool are whipstitched together at the selvedges and box pleated at the top to form a cloak. Lined with yellow satin and six full length strips of silver fox. Silver fox collar with a metal fastener and yellow satin arms straps inside.
Date
1960s
Accession Number
1969-94-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
costume & accessories
Coat
Medium
Medium: wool, silk, silver fox fur
Dimensions
H x W: 109.2 × 78.7 cm (43 × 31 in.)
Open: 119.1 × 183 cm (46 7/8 in. × 6 ft. 1/16 in.)
made in
Japan
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1969-94-1