id: 376297 accession number: 2020.85 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.85 updated: 2022-06-03 09:01:20.408000 Kimono with Diamonds, 1930s-50s. Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89). Machine-spun plain weave pongee silk (meisen) with resist-dyed threads; overall: 151.1 x 125.1 cm (59 1/2 x 49 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Julia Meech 2020.85 title: Kimono with Diamonds title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1930s-50s creation date earliest: 1930 creation date latest: 1959 current location: creditline: Gift of Julia Meech copyright: --- culture: Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89) technique: Machine-spun plain weave pongee silk (meisen) with resist-dyed threads department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 151.1 x 125.1 cm (59 1/2 x 49 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL, sold to Julia Meech) date: ?-2000 footnotes: citations: Julia Meech, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2000-2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Kasuri is the Japanese term for ikat, which means forming patterns with pre-dyed threads. digital description: Composed of diamonds in black, white, red, and light brown, the bold designs of this meisen kimono are distinctively modern. Meisen generally refers to a type of fabric produced in the Kantō region of Japan between the mid-1800s and mid-1900s. It was made of a variety of materials, including silk woven from imperfect fibers, machine-spun silk, and even rayon. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES