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Taisho Haori (light jacket)
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Pre 1930 item# 587764 (stock# 1844)
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Yorke Antique Textiles
$ 3,500
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Taisho era (1912-1926).This stunning silk haori features both an unusual design and technique. I believe that this textile was created as follows: a long white silk bolt is initially patterned with complex meisen ikat parrot patterns. Following this, the parrot-design area are tied of while the rest of the textile is patterned with shibori tie-dye pine-tree motifs. The final step would have been the cutting and piecing tgether of the jacket. It is obvious that this was a very special garment ...click for details
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