Caption

Katagami dyeing stencil; pattern of horizontal ornamental stripes; maker, geometric ornament; katagami stencil used in Japanese dyeing; Japanese; Meiji period 19th/20th century, 1868–1912; stencil; height 40.6 cm, width 24.7 cm., A dark rectangular sheet with a textured surface contains a series of horizontal decorative bands in contrasting light color. The bands include two wider repeating geometric lattice patterns, two narrower striped-and-square motifs, and two delicate dotted floral-like lines, all arranged in alternating sequence across the sheet. The sheet shows slight creases and worn edges, and there is a small area with faint colored marks in blue and red near the center bottom. The visible colors are dark brown or black for the background, white or light cream for the cutout patterns, and small touches of blue and red.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_050

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.0Mb (2.9Mb) / 16.0in x 10.2in / 4811 x 3048 (300dpi)

Keywords

Katagami dyeing stencil pattern horizontal ornamental stripes maker geometric ornament katagami stencil Japanese dyeing Japanese Meiji period 19th 20th century 1868–1912 height 40.6 cm width 24.7 cm dark rectangular sheet textured surface contains series horizontal decorative bands contrasting light color bands include two wider repeating geometric lattice patterns two narrower striped- -square motifs two delicate dotted floral- lines arranged alternating sequence across sheet slight creases worn edges small area faint colored marks blue red near center bottom visible colors dark brown black background white light cream cutout patterns small touches red.