DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Vest

NameVest

Artist Artist unrecorded

DateLate 19th century

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

MediumThin strips of brown and blue cotton on a cotton warp

Dimensions30 × 25 in. (76.2002 × 63.5001 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.643

Object numberA.1995.93.643

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionTen inch-wide strips of SAKI-ORI (rag woven) are sewn halfway (the back) and left open halfway (the front). The applique and SASHIKO (embroidered) rectangular area behind the neck, reinforces and is part of the collar which is also made up of a woven blue and brown cotton with appliqued overlaps (again for reinforcement of the neck area). The vest is held together by small SAHSIKO panels of cotton at the waist level.