This striking textile originates from Japan’s early Showa period (1930–1940) and is a scholarly example of the avant-garde "Modern Girl" (moga) aesthetic that defined urban fashion before the war. Measuring 14 inches by 59 inches (36 cm x 150 cm), the panel is crafted from high-quality meisen silk and remains in excellent condition. The composition is set against a deep royal purple ground, a color that provides a bold, high-contrast stage for the large-scale floral motifs.

The visual narrative features a rhythmic vertical arrangement of oversized, stylized roses and delicate floral clusters. The roses are rendered with the signature "blurred" edges of the meisen ikat technique, utilizing a sophisticated palette of cream, silver-gray, and gold-toned yellow. Each rose center is punctuated by a tiny pop of red, adding a focal point to the abstract, swirling petals. Surrounding the larger blooms are intricate, lace-like patterns of smaller white flowers that trail across the fabric like decorative garlands. This specific design represents the 1930s trend of adopting Western botanical subjects, such as the rose, and reimagining them through traditional Japanese ikat dyeing to create a look that was both culturally grounded and fashionably international.

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