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Kimono Featuring A Swirling Circle Pattern

Unknown1926/1989

USC Pacific Asia Museum

USC Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena, United States

Features black and white polka dots alternating with yellow and red swirling circles, all lined with black and red fabric. The main material is creped silk plain weave with a damask pattern of a fine-scale swastika fret, visible only in the solid spiral areas. The overall background is a stencil-printed diagonal lattice, known as katasome, in indigo black. The red and yellow spirals were resist-painted using yuzen techniques before stenciling. The upper lining is red silk plain weave, while the lower lining and collar facings are black silk creped chirimen. The garment has a folding collar with snap closures.

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  • Title: Kimono Featuring A Swirling Circle Pattern
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1926/1989
  • Location Created: Japan
  • Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Joseph Dagnall, 1994.5.36
  • Type: COSTUMES; TEXTILES; DECORATIVE ARTS
  • Rights: RIGHT: USC PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM COLLECTION. PHOTOGRAPHED BY PETER PERIGO
  • Medium: silk
USC Pacific Asia Museum

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