The Kimono Inspiration: Art and Art-To-Wear in America
Washington DC - San Francisco: The Textile Museum, Washington - Pomegranate Artbooks, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Folio. 208pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over cream leatherette, with gold lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. For more than one hundred years, the kimono has been a motif in American art and popular culture. "The Kimono Inspiration," originally published as the catalog for the exhibition at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., explores the use and meaning of the kimono in America and traces the transformation of this quintessential Japanese garment from its ethnic origins, through its many appearances in fine art, costume, and high fashion, to its role in the contemporary art-to-wear movement.Minor shelf wear. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in overall good+ to very good condition. g+ to vg. Item #37376
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