. Studio international . CUl VELVET : A MOONLIGHT SCENE M BV K. TANAKA, KIOTO 45 Japanese Art and Artists of To day.—III. Textiles and Embroidery. DESIGNED HY NISHIMURA S0BE1, KIOTO several strands of reeled silk ; but previous to usesome of the threads are twisted alternately to theright and the left on a special machine. Afterweaving, the fabric is placed in a bath and shrinksrapidly, thus causing the twisted threads to pro-duce the wavy appearance so much examples of this are to be seen in theexhibition, on which the pattern has been printedby a series of stencil plates an


. Studio international . CUl VELVET : A MOONLIGHT SCENE M BV K. TANAKA, KIOTO 45 Japanese Art and Artists of To day.—III. Textiles and Embroidery. DESIGNED HY NISHIMURA S0BE1, KIOTO several strands of reeled silk ; but previous to usesome of the threads are twisted alternately to theright and the left on a special machine. Afterweaving, the fabric is placed in a bath and shrinksrapidly, thus causing the twisted threads to pro-duce the wavy appearance so much examples of this are to be seen in theexhibition, on which the pattern has been printedby a series of stencil plates and resists. • stencil plates, of which several examplesare reproduced among the accompanying illus-trations, are anion onders achieved bycrafl a tatemeni which willbe fully appreciated when it is recognised thatof the stencils for tin • elaborate designshas been cither pierced with an awl or cutI i utter with a long thin knife,which cuts through the paper of the drawing and• .l paper at tin- same lime. In ? urate reproduction rape, two of I ? .I hair, Mil ? ?I thet to hinder thean treti bed from mai •• ? y that I wi


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