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Dressing Gown
1875
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
With the beginning of the late Victorian era, there was a renewed interest in all things oriental, especially in Japanese things. Embroidered silk dressing gowns such as this were imported from Japan for at-home wear for the fashionable ladies of the west.
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yeah, no, we do not use this word “oriental” that word is a no-no instead, we use the term “Asian” or “Asian culture”...
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