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Kimono

Unlined summer hitoe kimono

Date

Second quarter 20th century

Size

127 x 150 cms (50 x 59 ins)

Materials

Silk plain weave

Technique

Stencilled warp and weft

Motif

Cubist trees, kigi in a freeform lattice

Lattices enclosing floral or vegetal motifs have been a classic design layout for centuries, if not millennia in Japan. Here a freeform lattice encloses Cubist inspired trees with multicoloured square leaves, alternating between blue and green. The change in leaf colour and the variation in the lattice give the kimono a modern jazzy feel.

Price

Price on request

Reference No

628

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