Red Wedding Outer Kimono (Uchikake) with gold and silver embroidery Very long robe with front insets and a double wide band collar which extends half way down the front; very long sleeves with rounded outer edges, open on body side and at wrists, attached to upper bodice and shoulders; slightly padded hem. Made of red silk rep (weft faced weave). The embroidered design consists of floral motifs on shoulders, upper sleeves with a few independent clusters lower down, lower back sleeves, middle cluster of flowers on right front and a larger design on right front and at hem which continued across the bottom at the back. Silver and gold metallic and white thread chrysanthemums and leaves in satin stitch. Fully lined with white silk.

1998.059.002