A Group of 7 Narrow Meisen Silk Pieces: Collars

$40.00 USD
mid twentieth century
each piece approximately: 50" x  6 3/4", 127 cm x 17 cm

This is a group of seven, short and narrow pieces cut from the collar area of a meisen silk kimono.  Each piece shows a different design.

Meisen is a kind of machine aided kasuri cloth, the quality of silk being pedestrian as meisen kimono that were not expensive and were meant to be worn on a regular basis as "town wear."

These panels are from such kimono: there are ingrained creases set into each of the lengths along with a few extremely subtle surface stains.

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A Group of 7 Narrow Meisen Silk Pieces: Collars