79912: 1930s-50s Japanese Meisen Silk, Modernistic Flowers, 50 in. Piece AraiHari
Catalog# 7991-2
1930's to 1950's Japanese Textiles:
Japanese Kimono Meisen Silk Fabric Piece
From Arai-Hari Cleaners
Modernistic Stylized LargerScale Floral Motif
Width:14 inches / 35.56m
Length: 40 inches / 101.6 cm
US$15.00 per piece
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Item Details and Description
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Fabric History/Pedigree: Pieces received from a traditional Japanese kimono cleaner/reconstructor called Arai-Hari -- see an excellent explanation of traditional Arai Hari by textile expert John Marshall,by clicking HERE;
For an excellent 'how-to' do Arai-Hari oneself, we highly recommend Kae Warnock's Blog, Chocolate Factotum:
Fabric Description: 1930s-1950s Japanese Meisen silk, lightweight with intentionally fuzzy edges to designs; this fabric has more modern-looking patterns of larger-scale flowers (Spoonflowers?), basically filling the solid dark moss-green (almost black in lower lighting) background, rendered creatively in less-traditional style (please see closeups); colors of the flowers range from various hues of gray, muted-white, orange to yellow, peach, dark lavender, and mustard-yellows; same on both sides except reverse is less contrasted colors; no sheen; faric is slightly stiff and smooth to the touch.
- Colors: Please NOTE that colors and contrast differ on each device, so use our text descriptions to complement your sense of the fabric).
- Condition: Excellent