Dressing gown, woman's

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Dressing gown, woman's

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This quilted, Prussian blue dressing gown is an example of a Japanese-made luxury item produced for the European market. This type of robe is also known as a 'Yokohama robe' after the Japanese port from which the garments were exported. It was originally owned by Mrs Ranish, the wife of Harry Ranish of Wright, Ranish and Co., a Wellington-based firm which specialised in the manufacture of high quality billiard tables. Born in Austria, Mr Ranish arrived in New Zealand in 1887 and established W...

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Date created

1880-1890

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/619464

Related subjects

Birds / Leaves / silk / dressing gowns / hand sewing / embroidering / quilting / fashion / Orientalism / Nihonga / Late Victorian / Japan

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