8090: 1970s Japanese Vintage Kimono Silk Fabric,AraiHari,60in.Piece, Mock-Bingata Print

8090: 1980s Japanese Silk, Mock-Bingata Desgns, arai hari

Vintage Japanese Textiles:

1970s Kimono Silk Fabric Piece Arai-Hari
Mock-Bingata Style Retro Print
Traditional Scene: Houses, Various Flora, Bamboo Leaves
Butterflies, Fruit Motifs, Stylized and colored same as Okinawan Batik Fabrics

Width: 14.00 inches/ 35.56 cm
Length: 60 inches / 152.4 cm

Catalog# 8090:

US$20.00 per piece
plus shipping

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

For an excellent 'how-to' do Arai-Hari oneself, we highly recommend Kae Warnock's Blog, Chocolate Factotum:

Fabric Description: This lightweight silk is minimally translucent, a retro print deconstructed from a woman's everyday-wear kimono; Background color is solid cream with classic Okinawan style flower,s, plants, bamboo & other leaves with butterflies and stylized round shapes (as fruit?) yet with flowers within them; all of this is done in a Bingata-like pattern of traditional batik textiles; Motif Colors are vermillion, dark to light greens, mustard yellow, gray, blue gray, black and dark red; minimal drape and sheen; Print on one side, but somewhat visible on reverse.

Recommended for making scarf/accessories.

Colors: Please use our text descriptions to complement your sense of the colors, as color and contrast differ on different devices.

Condition: Excellent.