Hello,
Posted here is a rather rare Meiji-Taisho era Court Uniform for a person of noble or minister's rank. Although the gold embroidery is very fragile, it is incredibly impressive. Almost a cm thick, it is all hand applied twisted gold and silver wires, the trim is not tape but wires woven together during embroidering.
It is really too bad the thread core of the embroidery has aged to the point of being so fragile as there is not one moth bite on the entire uniform, and moths are a big thing over here.
It has loops for one breast star on the right, and a medal bar on the left.
I have seen the lower ranking Court Uniforms of Diplomat/ Local Official rank before, but this is the first of such high rank I have ever encountered outside of a museum.
Anyone out there have any interest in such uniforms......other than me?
Posted here is a rather rare Meiji-Taisho era Court Uniform for a person of noble or minister's rank. Although the gold embroidery is very fragile, it is incredibly impressive. Almost a cm thick, it is all hand applied twisted gold and silver wires, the trim is not tape but wires woven together during embroidering.
It is really too bad the thread core of the embroidery has aged to the point of being so fragile as there is not one moth bite on the entire uniform, and moths are a big thing over here.
It has loops for one breast star on the right, and a medal bar on the left.
I have seen the lower ranking Court Uniforms of Diplomat/ Local Official rank before, but this is the first of such high rank I have ever encountered outside of a museum.
Anyone out there have any interest in such uniforms......other than me?
......very nice.
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