Kimono
images of culture 1915-1950 in the khalili collections
$120.00
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2024
Summary
Kimono: A Cultural Icon in Transformation
Highlighting many examples of previously unseen and unusual garments from one of the preeminent kimono collections, this dazzling volume explores the Khalili Collection of kimono’s powerful selection of modernity and propaganda pieces from the first half of the twentieth century.
One of the most recognizable aspects of Japanese culture, the kimono was once a vital everyday garment worn by adults and children across Japan. While the b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783791377278 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3791377272 |
| Author: | Jaqueline Atkins, Sir David Khalili, Dror Elkvity |
| Publisher: | Prestel |
| Imprint: | Prestel |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 305mm x 254mm |
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About The Author
Jaqueline Atkins
Jaqueline Atkins is a curatorial consultant and textile historian. She is a consultant at The Kubota Kimono Collection, Itchiku Kubota Museum and has curated for Fenimore Art Museum, New York an the International Chodiev Foundation. She is author of Wearing Propaganda: Textiles on the Home Front in Japan, Britain and the United States (Yale University Press, 2005) and Shared Threads: Quilting Together Past and Present (Studio, 1994).
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