Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Evening Glow at Matsusaki (Matsusaki no sekisho), from the series "Eight Fashionabe Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)", c. 1776/81

Isoda Koryusai

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Courtesan Wakakusa of the Chojiya with Her Attendants Asano and Midori, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)", 1783/84

Torii Kiyonaga

A work made of silk, tabby, satin, velvet & twill weaves. some have warp-face, extra pattern wefts, printing, or moiré pattern, cisele velvet embroidered in silk floss & 2 ply twist. (backed with tabby cotton after piecing.) embroidery thru 3 layers stitches: herrinbone, feather, buttonhole, cross, satin, fishbone knot, & variations with line stitch.

Square from a 'Crazy Quilt', c. 1884

A work made of gelatin silver print, from "thirtyfour parking lots".

Fashion Square, Sherman Oaks (detail), 1967

Ed Ruscha

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

The Twelfth Month (Harumachizuki), from the series "Fashionable Monthly Visits to Sacred Places in the Four Seasons (Furyu shiki no tsuki mode)", c. 1784

Torii Kiyonaga

A work made of color etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper.

For the Pleasures of Fashion (Summer Unit), 1967–70

Larry Rivers

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Old Fashioned Brakeman on Freight Train, 1930/31

Lewis Wickes Hine

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, from the series "The Garage" (1970/80), 1970/80

Mikki Ferrill

A work made of cotton and linen, twill weave; embroidered with wool yarns in satin, chain, bohkara couching (or laid oriental couching), buttonhole, speckling, outline, stem, stroke, coral, rococo, fishbone, slanted stem, chain, link powdering, running, and plain stitches; pattern couching; fillings made with detached buttonhole, basket, roumanian, double knot and rope stitches; french knots.

Panel, 17th century

A work made of oil on plaster, mounted on aluminum honeycomb panel.

Fashionable Figures, with Two Women Holding Fans, 1733/35

British School

A work made of color woodblock print; half hosoban (left side).

Descending Geese at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no rakugan), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)", c. 1778

Torii Kiyonaga

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Courtesan on PaThe Courtesan Toji of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Satoji and Uraji, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)",rade in the Yoshiwara Accompanied by her Kamuro and by the oiran Satoji and Uraji, 1784

Torii Kiyonaga

A work made of silk, warp-faced pattern woven to shape, on plain weave foundation.

Fragment of a Woman's Skirt Flounce, c. 1850

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Courtesan Maizumi of the Daimonjiya with Her Attendants Shigeki and Naname, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)", 1782

Torii Kiyonaga

A work made of cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed.

La Route de Lillebonne (The Road to Lillebonne) (Furnishing Fashion), after 1822

Horace Vernet

A work made of wool (camelid), stripes of warp-faced plain weave and complimentary patterning warp; two panels joined with wool (camelid) in figure eight stitch; applied cotton, and cotton with wool (camelid) braided trims; embroidered with wool (camelid) in fishbone stitch.

Woman's Mantle (Llijlla), 1900/1970

Quechua

A work made of chasuble: silk, plain weave with silk facing wefts and twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk facing wefts forming weft loops on cut and uncut, pile-on-pile voided velvet; orphrey band: linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in fishbone, herringbone, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; edged with woven fringe.

Chasuble with Orphrey Band, Chasuble: Late 15th century; Orphrey Band: Late 15th/early 16th century

A work made of color woodblock print; hashira-e.

Poem by Bun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Six Immortal Poets (Furyu rokkasen)", c. 1773/75

Isoda Koryusai

A work made of linen(?), plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in long and short, stem, fishbone, and satin stitches; applied gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk edging at warp ends; silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk buttonhole variation edging along weft edge.

Sash, 18th century

A work made of silk, machine-made twist net; embroidered with straw in fishbone and running stitches; knotting and wrapping.

Fragment (from a border), c. 1860

<<<32 >>>