japonisme

7 Pins
·8y
eMuseum - View Media
c.1870 tea gown made from made from authentic kimono fabric imported to America from Japan. The textile was probably originally intended for women of the samurai class. From: http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/view/objects/asitem/759/0/dynasty-desc?t:state:flow=a2d96dc4-9ed8-4bb1-b7d0-16197f4119b1
Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Victorian Fashion
1870 Silk Taffeta Tea Gown made from Kimono Fabric, (Image via Museum at FIT).
Kimono dressing gown
Kimono dressing gown, c.1885, FIDM 80.40.1. A Victorian gown made from a Japanese kimono.
"Drooping Blossoms 9" by Hajime Namiki, an original woodblock print, signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 200, 2008.
My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning
Claude Monet, Madame Monet in Japanese Costume (La Japonaise), 1875, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.