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Vibrant iris flower prints! Here designer Kazumi Yoshida at Clarence House pays homage to one of the most beloved symbol of Japanese traditional art, Iris.
As vibrant as a Japanese painting. This cotton print depicts eight types of iris in bloom. Printed in Italy, where iris is also the flower of Florence. Flowers knows no boundary, just as the arts in Asia and Europe have cross pollinated more than most people realize.
100% cotton percale.
Weight: about 0.5lb per yard. Medium-light but very steady. Suitable for both drapery & upholstery
For drapery, bedding & upholstery. Two bolts in stock: 3.875y & 21.25y
The flower square: 10″wide x 12″long.
The last image is arguably the most renowned iris painting in Japan, if not the world, is the glorious Kakitsubata-zu by Ogata Korin (1658-1716). 紙本金地著色燕子花図, shihonkinji chakushoku kakitsubata-zu.
The proud owner of this masterpiece, a designated National Treasure, is the Nezu Museum in Tokyo. It depicts bunches of abstracted blue Japanese irises in bloom, and their green foliage, creating a rhythmically repeating but varying pattern across the panels.
2nd last image is the famous “Iris Garden at Meiji Shrine. Toky” by Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957.
Similar fabric,with 20+ screens and hand printed in Italy, now retails for $400+/yard.
| Fabric color | 27 screen printed colors on natural |
| Fabric width | 56 plus 5″ selvage each side |
| Horizontal repeat | 56 |
| Vertical repeat | 32.25 |
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