6820: 1930s-50s Japanese Kimono Silk Fabric 52" Piece,Ornate,Floral Fans, AraiHari

Vintage Japanese Textiles:
1930's-50s Silk Fabric Piece
(Ornate, Floral, Fans, Temari Balls)
Arai-Hari

Width: 13.75 inches / 34.92 cm
Length: 52 inches / 132.08 cm

Catalog# 6820:

US$20.00 per piece

Fabric History/Pedigree: Pieces received from traditional Japanese kimono cleaner/reconstructor called Arai-Hari -- see an excellent explanation of traditional Arai Hari by textile expert John Marshall,by click-pushing HERE.

Fabric Description: Lightweight fine red silk originally intended to make a woman's dress kimono; This is a 1930s-1950s fabric piece which is a dark salmon background color that is interwoven with many classical designs, including country house porch, shibori-dot fields/pond, pine branches, clouds, and other flowers; foreground designs are of elaborately decorated fans and also Temari(decorative balls),also flower clusters and decorative cords; Within the fans are many types of flowers, family-crests, Japanese bridge, maple leaves, and more flowers;

Colors within the designs and figures are very red, (dark to light), yellow,green, bue, plum, peach colors; light pinks, dark aqua-blues, dark reds, yellow and mustard, whites, and some greens; (see closeups); This is a print process, so designs are on one side, but as the fabric is thin, some of the designs can be seen on the reverse.

Note on colors: As all devices have different colorations and contrast, please use our text descriptions of colors to complement your sense of the color of the fabric.

Condition: Excellent