6287: 1950's Japanese Meisen Silk Piece, by yard

Catalog# 6287

1950's Japanese Textiles:
Japanese Kimono Meisen Silk Fabric by yard
(Kasuri-like Designs)

Width:14 inches / 35.56cm
Length: 1 Yard / 91.44 cm

US$12.00 per yard 

Item Details and Description

• Fabric History/Pedigree: 1950's, Found as a 13 yards(11+ m) roll.
  (If you want whole roll, contact us for discount pricing; please include product number)
  
  
• Fabric Description: Deadstock(never used), Japanese vintage kimono fabric.
  
  
• Fabric Type: Meisen silk, Light-Medium Weight.
  
  
• Colors: Black background with red and  off-white.
  
  

• Motifs: Mock-kasuri patterns of 1.75 inches (44.45 mm) fuzzy-edged plus-sign shapes which run zig-zag over a checkerboard alignment; also bands composed of red pinstripes create the checkerboard look.; the 'plus' figures are a very common look seen in cotton Japanese ikat(Kasuri), but the checkerboard pattern is distinctive, seldom seen; note: this fabric is NOT Kasuri, but made in a different process in this Fifties meisen fabric.

• Condition: Excellent