{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O1260159"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1260159/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2020MP6499/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2020MP6499/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"low","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2020MP6499","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O1260159","accessionNumber":"FE.87:1-2012","objectType":"Pair of socks","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"Tabi (socks) are worn with geta (elevated shoes with wooden vertical sections on the base, held on the foot with a fabric thong) or zori (more formal  shoes, similar to geta but with a wedge sole), the socks being designed with a toe divide to fit the shoes. Made of cotton, these tabi would have been  cool to wear and could be cleaned easily. This pair are part of a kimono set given to a member of the British Royal family by the daughter of the Japanese emperor in the early 1960s (FE.74-2012 to FE.90-2012).","physicalDescription":"Pair of socks (<i>tabi</i>) in plain white cotton","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"cotton (textile)","id":"AAT14067"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"White cotton","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Clothing","id":"THES48975"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2020MP6499"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES301536"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES301536"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Pair of socks","id":""}],[{"text":"Pair of socks","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Japan","id":"x29399"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca.1960","earliest":"1955-01-01","latest":"1964-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given anonymously","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"25.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"12","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Presented to a member of the British royal family by the daughter of the Japanese emperor in the early 1960s.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Pair of socks (<i>tabi</i>) in plain white cotton, Japan, ca. 1960.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["FE.87:1-2012","FE.87:2-2012"],"accessionNumberNum":"87","accessionNumberPrefix":"FE","accessionYear":2012,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Sock"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-08-13","recordCreationDate":"2013-01-23","availableToBook":true}}