Vintage Japanese Kimono Fabrics by Pieces: Japanese Textile Fabric Swatches

7655:1960s Japanese Kasuri Ikat Deadstock Cotton Fabric 50in.Pc.

7655: 1960s Deadstock Kasuri Ikat, longview

Vintage Japanese Textiles:

Japanese Kimono Kasuri (Ikat)
1960s Deadstock Japanese Cotton Fabric

Width: 13.75 inches / 34.92 cm
Length: 50 inches / 127.0 cm

Catalog# 7655:

US$17.00 per piece
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Fabric History/Pedigree: 1960s, found single rolled-up pieces with other rolls.

Fabric Description: Deadstock, never used, Japanese vintage Kasuri (ikat) cotton fabric from earlier times.

Fabric Type: Kasuri (ikat), lightweight, translucent, stiff; very dark indigo blue (almost black) background color fabric with designs of a geometric and ragged zig-zag diagonal arrangement of the grid pattern, rather unusual sort design; colors are pale aqua-blue and blue-gray; Please see close-ups; same on both sides.

Condition: Excellent; Still slightly firm, the fabric softens with wash. (hand-wash separately, with lukewarm water-- see our FAQ Pages for cleaning tips.

Colors: Please use our text color descriptions to complement your sense of the fabric due to differences in contrast and color on different devices.

Notes:

This is an unused Japanese country vintage fabric called kasuri (also called ikat in Southeast Asia ); Kasuri is a labor-intensive process where patterns are made by pre-dyed paste resistance and varying techniques are used to create the sorts of patterns seen here. Because of the methods used, authentic kasuri is usually highly expensive. More info on kasuri below:

Cultural Notes on Kasuri(ikat):

**Wikipedia.org, online encyclopedia, defines Kasuri as:**

...a Japanese word for fabric that has been woven with fibers dyed specifically to create patterns and images in the fabric. It is an ikat technique. Kasuri is weft ikat; the warp threads are solid color, and the weft thread is resist-tied in a specific pattern and dyed with indigo to form a picture when the cloth is woven. Japanese ikats are generally weft ikats or double ikats.

To see a YouTube.com video of the making of traditional indigo kasuri please click HERE .