1960's Vintage Japanese Country Textiles:
Deadstock Kasuri (Ikat)


Catalog# 4606

US$10.00 per yard / 91cm

14 inches / 35.56cm wide

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This is unused Japanese country vintage fabric called kasuri (also called ikat in Southeast Asia; ); Kasuri is a labor-intensive process where patterns are made by pre-dyed paste resistance and varying techniques used to create the sorts of patterns seen here. Because of the methods used, authentic kasuri is usually highly expensive. More info below:

We obtained this fabric in its original roll, never used & like new, estimated as made in the 1960's; Fabric is dark indigo blue background with light aqua blue diamond shapes as well as rings in light aqua as well as burgundy-red and green; motifs are geometric and symmetrical as shown; patterns same on both sides.

We anticipate that quilters and textile artists may find this of interest.

Cultural Notes:

  • Wikipedia.org, on-line encyclopedia, defines Kasuri as:

    ...a Japanese word for fabric that has been woven with fibers dyed specifically to create patterns and images in the fabric. It is an ikat technique. Kasuri is weft ikat; the warp threads are solid color, and the weft thread is resist-tied in a specific pattern and dyed with indigo to form a picture when the cloth is woven.
    Japanese ikats are generally weft ikats or double ikats.

  • To see a YouTube.com video of the making of this type fabric please click HERE .

Recommended Resources:

Japanese Accents in Western Interiors
Rao & Mahoney

Japanese Indigo Design: The Collection of Sadako Fukui
Tomoe Ohmae

Art to Wear With Asian Flair
Stephanie Masae Kimura

Bags With Style

Stephanie Masae Kimura

Quilting With Japanese Fabrics

Kathy Pippin

Make Your Own Japanese Clothes:
Patterns and Ideas for Modern Wear

John Marshall

Other Recommendation, Wear of traditional kimono:
BOOK OF KIMONO

 

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