1 juin 2009
'Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan' @ The Tyler Museum of Art
Woman's formal long-sleeved kimono (furisode), Taisho period, 1920s. Motif: Boat filled with flowers; water, maple leaf, plum and pine. Crest: paulownia. Silk crepe, plain weave; handpainted, rice-paste resist outlining (yuzen): couched gold, couched...