Kimono
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1940
Materials
Silk, silk thread embroidery.
Measurements
1450 x 1450 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603275.1
Summary
A woman's kimono made from pale pink silk. The kimono is decorated with silk thread embroidery across the main ground in a pattern of stylised Iris flowers and leaves in cream, green and grey and is otherwise undecorated. The kimono secures with a matching belt (603275.1) and otherwise has no fastenings. A handwritten tape label attached to an inner seam reads, "Parkinson-Cumine", the donor.
Provenance
Gift of Parkinson-Cumine
Marks and inscriptions
Inner seam, proper left hand side at sleeve head.: A handwritten tape label attached to an inner seam reads, "Parkinson-Cumine", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.