Kasuri textile

Textile

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Front

Front

Name/Title

Kasuri textile

Entry/Object ID

2023.2.29

Description

Indigo-dyed textile with white and orange strips and geometric motifs, with patterns created by kasuri technique. Textile is connected by four rectangular pieces of fabric with the same pattern. Mending and patching throughout.

Collection

Dorothy "Ann" Helm Collection

Category

Cloth

Acquisition

Accession

2023.2

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

cloth, resist dyeing

Dimensions

Width

98 cm

Length

135 cm

Material

Likely Cotton, Indigo Dye

Color

Indigo

Location

Box

Box 14

Room

Storage Unit

Research Notes

Notes

Marshall, John. "A collector's guide to Japanese textiles : Japanese indigo". pp.16