Green Slubby Vintage Kimono Silk, Still-Basted Ariaihari 12.5-yard BOLT from Japan #414

Avocado-olive green, blending to areas that are darker and more blue, for drama when the kimono was worn. All yarn dyed, clearly hand woven using various thicknesses of silk for a beautiful earthy, slubby texture.  Both sides are the same. This silk is lightweight, thin, fine, supple, flowy, almost drapey, extremely soft, with no shine.  100% Silk.  14" wide Araihari still-basted bolt, from Japan. 

Araihari, the time-consuming art of cleaning a special silk kimono ,brings us these connected pieces of a kimono. Decades ago the kimono was dis-assembled, each stitch removed by hand, to its original 10 pieces. Then it was basted together into a flat long form for proper cleaning without damaging the silk, cleaned (with great expertise and care) and not yet re-sewn into another kimono.  Altogether it is about 12-1/2 yards of silk, in one long piece with white basting still intact.  

If you removed the basting you would have ten rectangles. Approximate sizes:  Four pieces 14" x 64".  Two pieces 14" x 38".  One piece 7" x 36".  Two pieces 7" x 59".  One piece 7" x 84".   Order "1" for the still basted bolt of 14" wide, 12.5 yards of silk. 

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