Kimono
1915-1930 (made)
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Many early twentieth-century kimono are made from meisen, a fabric woven from silk obtained from defective cocoons. The introduction of mechanised spinning technology meant it was possible to use this lower-quality silk to create a thick, lustrous material that was both long-lasting and relatively inexpensive. Patterned with chemical dyes using an innovative direct-dyeing technique, meisen became the fabric of choice for women's fashionable, informal kimono.
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Materials and techniques | plain weave; resist-dyeing |
Brief description | Tex, Japan, resist-dyed. Kimono with chrysanthemum motif, Taishō-early Shōwa period |
Physical description | Informal kimono of machine-spun plain weave pongee silk (meisen) with stencil-printed weft threads (yokoso-gasuri). Motif of chrysanthemums. Lining of red and yellow. |
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Summary | Many early twentieth-century kimono are made from meisen, a fabric woven from silk obtained from defective cocoons. The introduction of mechanised spinning technology meant it was possible to use this lower-quality silk to create a thick, lustrous material that was both long-lasting and relatively inexpensive. Patterned with chemical dyes using an innovative direct-dyeing technique, meisen became the fabric of choice for women's fashionable, informal kimono. |
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Accession number | FE.26-2014 |
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Record created | March 6, 2014 |
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