Worldly Threads

This article examines the layered history of Japonse rokken, European silk production, and self-fashioning in Dutch-American portraiture. First imported from Japan and subsequently copied by European tailors, Japonse rokken became popular in the Dutch Republic as the Dutch East India Company develo...

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Main Author: Cynthia Kok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2023-06-01
Series:Early Modern Low Countries
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Online Access:https://emlc-journal.org/article/view/12428