7102:1930s-50s Japanese Silk Kimono Fabric, Floral, Decorated Fans 58in.Piece

Vintage Japanese Textiles:
1930s-1950s Arai Hari Used Silk Kimono Piece

Decorated Japanese Fans & Flowers

Width: 13.5 inches / 34.29 cm
Length: 58 inches / 147.32 cm

Catalog# 7102:

US$20.00 per piece

Fabric History/Pedigree: 1930s-50s silk fabric 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: This delicate 1930s-1950s silk is a lightweight, translucent kimono fabric with a background color of burgundy-red; fabric is fully interwoven with large-scale designs of decorated fans(flowers), mostly open, a few slightly closed; these interwoven background patterns have a sheen, a few instances of some thin metallic gold borders;

The foreground motif is of large-scale stylized rounded shape flowers, largest being 6 inches / 15.24 cm diameter; Motifs are on one side only; slight drape, good for making scarf or accessories.

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

Condition: Excellent for age, with a few small pinholes from the Arai-Hari process.