7265: Deadstock 1930s-50s Japanese Kasuri (ikat) Cotton Fabric 42in. Piece
Vintage Japanese Textiles:
Japanese Kimono Kasuri (Ikat)
1930s-1950s Deadstock Japanese Cotton Fabric
Width: 13.375 inches / 33.97 cm
Length: 53 inches / 134.62 cm
Catalog# 7265
Fabric Description: Deadstock never used, Japanese vintage kasuri (ikat) cotton fabric;
Fabric Type: Kasuri (ikat), Lightweight, still firm, and slightly translucent; indigo blue(almost black) dyed background, motifs in light-pale blue; This is a larger-scale ikat pattern, with a diagonal grid whose elements are rectangular shapes whose inner measurements are 4 inches/10.16cm X 1.5 inches/38.1mm; the nodes are fuzzy ovals that average 1.25 inches/31.75mm at longest dimension, serving as junctures of the overall pattern; please see close-ups; the fabric is the same on both sides.
Colors: Please use our text color descriptions to complement your sense of the fabric due to differences in contrast and color on different devices.
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, on-line encyclopedia, defines Kasuri as:
To see a YouTube.com video of the making of traditional indigo kasuri please click HERE . |
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