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Tsutsugaki Futon Cover: Folding Fans and Pine browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Textiles: Pre 1910: Item # 429120
Sri Textiles 18 Eckford Street, 2A Brooklyn, NY 11222 tel 718-599-2559 Guest Book SOLD |
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| Meiji Era, c. 1910, 57" x 68 1/2"/ 145 cm x 174 cm, This majestic indigo dyed cotton tsutsugaki futon cover was fashioned from a yogi, or sleeping kimono. Its dimensions and proportions--an unusual 5 1/2 panels wide--when viewed in person, make the fine, exuberant drawing even more impressive as the large size provides a 'wide-screen' effect for the pair of folding fans and the wonderfully placed pine trees. The jagged and angular pines provide an intelligent visual foil for the lyrical and buoyant folding fans, which seem to dance on the surface of the piece. This textile no doubt was part of a bridal trousseau, so the significance of pine and fans is auspicious: pine, of course, symbolizes longevity and conjugal fidelity, as pine needles fall in pairs. The folding fan is the pride of Japan since it was invented there, but more than that, an open fan symbolizes the developing of things or the opening future. Since we see a pair, we can assume the dual fans represent the bridal couple. The indigo is still wonderfully vibrant; there are 15 small repairs throughout the piece, only five being larger than a coin; the rest are extremely small. | ||||||||||||||
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