vintage Japanese silk kimono fabric

These are originally from vintage kimono

It's dyed using a Japanese stitch resist tie-dye technique called "Shibori".The section of the fabric is hand-stitched or hand-tied before being dyed, resulting in polka dot style small circles (the section being tied appears in white and untied section appears in colour). This is all done by hand. You can see the crinkled texture created by shobori dyeing. If you look closely, sometimes you can see the needle holes where the fabric is stitch-tied before being dyed. No two dots are the same as they're all individually hand tied.

Shibori has been very sought after in Japan for centuries, and new items can be very expensive. Please see photos for details, the text is from books on Japanese kimono design and Shibori. The last photo shows an antique kimono dyed using shibori technique in V&A Museum, you can see its description for reference.


You can see this video for information on how shibori is made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlGL0Bhlw0E



Photo 1 shows the "whole picture" of the listing, others show individual fabric or info on the design.

Please see photos for measurement of each fabric

overall in good condition, but there may be imperfections/stains. Please see photos for details.

Royal Mail second class


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