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Cream Satin Silk Kimono with Gold Embroidered Chrysanthemums

Japanese Traditional · 1960s · Japanese

Production

artisan-craft

Material

figured satin silk

Culture

Japanese

Influences

traditional kimono construction · mid-century geometric modernism

A formal Japanese kimono constructed from figured satin silk with a distinctive diamond-pattern arrangement across the garment. The base fabric is cream-colored, overlaid with a geometric grid of colored diamond shapes in orange, green, brown, and gold tones. Each diamond appears to contain embroidered chrysanthemum and paulownia motifs worked in gold thread. The kimono follows traditional T-shaped construction with wide, straight sleeves and a body that falls in clean vertical lines. The surface treatment combines resist-dyeing techniques for the colored squares with detailed hand-embroidery of the floral elements. The geometric modernist approach to the traditional floral motifs reflects mid-20th century Japanese design sensibilities, balancing contemporary aesthetic preferences with classical kimono construction and symbolic imagery.

dressstraightfloor length

Connected To

Deep Sea Printed Polyester Contemporary Kimono

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2020s · 2010s

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Japanese Traditional · 1960s

Deep Sea Printed Polyester Contemporary Kimono

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Cream Satin Silk Kimono with Gold Embroidered Chrysanthemums

Influences·traditional kimono constructionWorn with·obiWorn with·undergarmentsFunction

Echoes Across Time

2020s → Japanese Traditional · 50yr75%

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These two kimono reveal how traditional Japanese garment construction can carry radically different visual languages across generations. The contemporary piece transforms the classic T-shaped silhouette into a canvas for bold geometric abstraction—those floating circles and organic shapes scattered across the blue-to-pink gradient feel more like a digital artist's experiment than centuries-old craft.

Influences·traditional kimono constructionWorn with·obiWorn with·undergarments

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Japanese Traditional · 1960s

Navy Cotton Summer Kimono with Carriage Wheel Pattern

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Roaring Twenties / Art Deco · 1920s

Cream Satin Silk Kimono with Gold Embroidered Chrysanthemums

62%

Navy Cotton Summer Kimono with Carriage Wheel Pattern

Worn with·obiWorn with·undergarmentsTechnique·resist-dyeing

SHARED40 years

The first kimono's scattered diamond patches in autumn tones feel almost quilt-like against the cream silk, while the second's bold carriage wheels tumble across dark cotton in a dizzying Art Deco rhythm. Both use geometric repetition to animate their surfaces, but where the earlier piece whispers with its delicate patchwork placement, the 1920s version shouts with mechanical modernity — those interlocking wheels could be spinning off a factory floor.

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Image85%

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Pink White Striped Cotton Kimono with Obi

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Japanese Traditional · 2010s

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Japanese Traditional · 1960s

Pink White Striped Cotton Kimono with Obi

61%

Cream Satin Silk Kimono with Gold Embroidered Chrysanthemums

Worn with·obiTechnique·resist-dyeingFunction·religious-ceremonial

SHARED50 years

The pink-striped cotton kimono with its bold geometric obi and the cream silk kimono's scattered diamond harlequin pattern reveal how Japanese textile artists have always understood that pattern placement is everything. Both garments deploy their motifs with surgical precision—the cotton version confining its drama to the obi's dark floral burst against clean stripes, while the silk piece scatters its multicolored diamonds like controlled chaos across pristine cream.

Text81%

Image76%

Entity30%

Royal Blue Silk Satin Kimono with Embroidered Florals

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Edwardian · 1900s

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Japanese Traditional · 1960s

Royal Blue Silk Satin Kimono with Embroidered Florals

59%

Cream Satin Silk Kimono with Gold Embroidered Chrysanthemums

Worn with·obiWorn with·undergarmentsTechnique·hand-embroidery

SHARED60 years

The cobalt kimono with its cascade of embroidered wisteria and the geometric diamond-patterned kosode reveal how Japanese textile artistry adapted to different aesthetic languages across centuries.

Text83%

Image77%

Entity28%

Japanese Traditional → Roaring Twenties / Art Deco · 40yr62%

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Worn with·obiWorn with·undergarmentsTechnique·resist-dyeing