Art Institute of Chicago
"Attus" Amip (Man's Coat)
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- Date
- c. 1860
- Medium
- Elm tree bark fiber, plain weave; center back and outer edges appliquéd with cotton, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton in laid work and couching
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 149682
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
The fiber of this coat, seen here in its natural color, is made from the inner bark of the ohyō tree, a member of the elm family. The geometric patterns are made of indigo-dyed cotton attached with an appliquéd techinque.
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- Credit line
- Robert Allerton Endowment
- Provenance
- Private collection, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, since 1920s [recorded on invoice from Douglas Dawson Gallery, Feb. 21, 1998]; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, by Feb. 21, 1998 [invoice #7758, object #7187, Feb. 21, 1998; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.
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- Object type
- AAT300014063
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