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Housecoat Sit's dressing gown, painted with multicolored prunus blossoms, pine branches with fan-shaped ends and a border with winding flower and leaf vines lined with yellow-white-red striped silk, Sitting's robe, pine branches with fan-shaped ends and a border with winding flower and leaf vines. Model: The car has a run-through at the center front. Partly flared, wide sleeves. The back consists of one fabric width of 85.0 cm and therefore determines the date. until the beginning of the 18th century people were not able to weave such a fabric width and the back was made up of various webs. Model refers to the Japanese kimono model. Yellow-white-red striped silk lining that could be woven in Bengal. Decoration: the processing takes the fabric into a dressing gown. Pattern derived from traditional motif on Japanese kimono where the combination of pine, prunus and bamboo (known as 'the three friends') refers to the noble virtues of the man. However, the pattern of the dressing gown is most likely made especially for the European market. In Japan it is not found on kimonos of Indian sits., anonymous, Coromandelkust, c. 1725 - c. 1749, geheel, voering, painting, l 148.0 cm w 85.0 cm _ w 88.5 cm _ w 87.5 cm w 40.0 cm. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)