{"product_id":"a-length-of-meisen-silk-squiggling-geometry","title":"A Length of Meisen Silk: Squiggling Geometry","description":"\u003cp\u003emid twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e58\" x 14\", 147 cm x 35.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a length of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003emeisen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e silk, a kind of \"everyday\" silk that was developed in the Meiji era (1868 - 1912) at a time when Japan's strict sumptuary laws were lifted: these laws dictated what people were allowed to wear and consume (among many other things), notable among the strictures was a ban against common people wearing silk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeisen\u003c\/em\u003e represents the democratization of silk in a changing Japan and it was consumed readily.  Its boom market prompted huge manufacture, which, of course, meant that countless new designs needed to be developed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeisen\u003c\/em\u003e is a kind of machine aided \u003cem\u003ekasuri\u003c\/em\u003e cloth, the quality of silk being pedestrian as these were kimono that were not expensive and were meant to be worn on a regular basis as \"town wear.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis panel is from such a kimono and it shows a large repeat pattern of irregularly shaped diamond shapes overlaid with circles and squiggles. There are ingrained creases set into this length and some very faint staining, shown on the accompanying detail photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA marvelous length of beautifully figured \u003cem\u003emeisen\u003c\/em\u003e silk in a classic, \"jazzy\" pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139824566319,"sku":"fdp1794054680730","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/7005\/9055\/files\/a-length-of-meisen-silk-squiggling-geometry_1.jpg?v=1794054686","url":"https:\/\/heelcounterstabclad.shop\/products\/a-length-of-meisen-silk-squiggling-geometry","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}