Boro Kimono, 1880–1900

Shredded Kimono

Indigo dyed cotton, sewn with hemp

(H x W)123 × 120 cm

Status

on display, room 014

About the workIn the nineteenth century, Japanese peasants wore clothes made of cotton rather than silk. Cotton was a valuable raw material whose reutilisation gave rise to a special form of design: to produce these so-called “boro” textiles (the Japanese word “boro” means “tattered”), scraps of fabric were dyed with indigo and sewn together to make new garments. At the beginning of the twentieth century, this practical form of clothing was frowned upon, because many considered it a visible reminder of Japan’s impoverished past.

AccessionAcquisition 2019

Provenance[...]; mind. Juli 2019 Galerie Markus Lüttgen, Düsseldorf; Juli 2019 angekauft von der Galerie Markus Lüttgen

Inventory numberP 2019-21

Meiji period
Textiles
Japanese Art
East Asia

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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