Meisen Kimonos

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Kimono

Country Of Origin

Japan

Date

Second quarter 20th century

Size

123 x 148 cms (48½ x 58¼ ins)

Materials

Silk plain weave

Technique

Stencilled weft and stencilled warp

Motif

possibly a stylised cityscape showing overlapping windows

The palette here is very similar to the preceding example and has a progression of colours from yellow to orange to red and then a warm light brown and a darker brown. This lends the design a feeling of perspective giving the effect of the rectangles being laid on top of each other.

Price

Price on request

Reference No

499

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