TEXTILES AND DRESSES

The Museum textile section is very rich: it includes over 900 pieces of very high quality. There are Chinese court dresses, Japanese dresses, theatre costumes, Buddhist mantles, plain textiles from different countries (India, China, Japan, Indochina peninsula, Indonesia) among which a lot of batiks and decorative panels.  

Kabuki theatre costume, silk crepe, Japan 19th cent., 157x129 cm, inv. N. 1293/12706
Uchikake in crespo di seta, Giappone
Uchikake, silk crepe, Japan 18th-19th century, 156x124 cm, inv. n. 1313/12746
Uchikake, twill-weave silk, Japan 19th century, 166x124 cm, inv.n. 1235/12680
Uchikake, plain-weave silk, Japan 19th century, 160x122 cm, inv. n. 1237/12690
Kosode, silk crepe, Japan 18th -19th century, 165x125 cm, inv. n. 1288/12757
Furisode basketweave silk, Japan second half 19th century, 170x118 cm, inv. n. 1290/12709
Uchikake, silk crepe, Japan 19th century (post 1850), 165x125 cm, inv.n. 1297/12700
Uchikake, twill weave silk , Japan 19th century, 156x123,5 cm, inv. n.1303/12766
Furisode, plain weave silk, Japan 19th century (post 1834), 156,5x128 cm, inv. n. 1307/12733
Kosode, silk crepe, Japan 18th century, 151,5x121,5 cm, inv. n. 1324
Hitoeginu, silk gauze, Japan 18th cent., 124x98 cm, inv. n. 1308/12735
Katabira, plain-weave-linen, Japan end 18th - early 19th century, 155,5x116,5 cm, inv. n. 1176/12686
Uchikake , twill-weave silk, Japan 19 century, 160x124 cm, 1236/12692
Furisode, gros de Tours silk, Japan second half 19th century, 156x126, inv. n. 1287/12755
Uchikake, silk crepe, Japan 19th century, 174x129 cm, inv.n. 1291/1275
Uchikake, silk crepe, Japan 19th century (post 1852), 172x122, inv. n. 1292/12756
Yogi, silk crepe, Japan 18th century, 169,5x146 cm, inv.n. 1295/12683
Kosode, silk crepe Japan 19th century, 155x124 cm, inv. n. 1320/12737
Furisode, silk crepe, Japan second half 19th century, 151x124,5 cm, inv. n. 1319/12722
Yogi, silk crepe, Japan late 18 century, 163x149 cm, inv. n. 1304