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Kimono with Scattered Lines and Dots

Kimono with Scattered Lines and Dots

1950s
(1926–89)
Machine-spun pongee plain weave silk (meisen), with resist-dyed threads
Overall: 149.2 x 126.4 cm (58 3/4 x 49 3/4 in.)
Gift of Julia Meech 2020.84
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Kasuri is the Japanese term for ikat, which means forming patterns with pre-dyed threads.

Description

Composed mainly of bright parallels and diagonals against a dark ground, the bold designs of this meisen kimono are distinctively modern. Meisen generally refers to a type of fabric produced in the Kantō region of Japan between the mid-1800s and mid-1900s. It was fashioned from a variety of materials, especially silk woven from imperfect fibers. This example was made in Chichibu.
  • ?-c. 2000
    (Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL, sold to Julia Meech)
    2000-2020
    Julia Meech, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2020-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.84