Red-Orange Crinkle Floral Vintage Kimono Silk from Japan By the Yard #PA-12 15/16" Button then worked by expert button

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iridescent white shell provides a perfect base for this bunny that looks like a Dutch master's oil painting

these pieces were once part of a kimono and are in excellent condition

medium light weight pure silk

Red-Orange Crinkle Floral Vintage Kimono Silk from Japan By the Yard #PA-12 15/16" Button then worked by expert buttonBright red orange with true white, greens, coral, purples and golds. There are grape leaves and lots of types of flowers. It has fine, wavy white stripes that look like shibori, through the length. The detail in the white flowers is wonderful; fine gold lines, tiny purple spots, and of course the crinkly wavy stripes. Dyed using the labor intensive, difficult technique of yuzen, with rice paste outlines, bokashi hand dyed shading, vivid colors. It was