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1920-1940 (made)
| Place of origin |
Nishijin, the textile weaving area of Kyoto, has been famed for its production of luxury polychrome figured silks since the sixteenth century. This highly decorative twentieth century example, with its pattern of peacocks, chysanthemums, peonies, plum blossoms and bamboo in shades of pinks and reds, with gold and green, would have been woven to use as an obi, the sash that secures a kimono.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Polychrome figured silk |
| Brief description | Length of polychrome figured silk fabric woven for an obi, Japan, early Showa period, 1920-1940. |
| Physical description | Length of fabic, woven for an obi (the sash that secures a kimono). Polychrome figured silk with a pattern of peacocks, chysanthemums, peonies, plum blossoms and bamboo in shades of pinks and reds, with gold and green. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | The cardboard roller and a paper label attached to the length bear the number 63. |
| Credit line | Given by Hazel Greig-Midlane |
| Object history | This length originally belonged to Mrs Dorothy Salmon, whose husband Frederick Salmon worked for Tate and Lyle. The donor of the object's brother-in-law had been adopted by Mrs Salmon's sister. The donor was given the length when helping her brother-in-law clear Mrs Salmon's flat after her death and has a memory of it being associated with other objects that had been bought from Liberty's. This is the kind of highly decorative fabric that is likely to have been imported from Japan by the famous Regent Street store. |
| Production | Made in Japan, probably in Kyoto |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Nishijin, the textile weaving area of Kyoto, has been famed for its production of luxury polychrome figured silks since the sixteenth century. This highly decorative twentieth century example, with its pattern of peacocks, chysanthemums, peonies, plum blossoms and bamboo in shades of pinks and reds, with gold and green, would have been woven to use as an obi, the sash that secures a kimono. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.326-2005 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2005 |
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