We have been collecting and dealing vintage and antiqueworld ethnographic textiles for almost forty years, and have a sister websiteto The Kimono Gallery at Annette Antiques & Textile Resource Inc which deals with Japanese,Indonesian, Central Asian, Chinese and European textiles.
In 2003, we became more interested in focusing on Japanese textiles, especially kimonos. With most of the world's best ethnographic artworks already heavily collected during the 20th century, it was astonishing to discover that in the 21st century one of the world's most iconicethnographic arts - the kimono - would be so little understood and collected.Certainly the vast amount of extant kimonos - in the millions - smoke-screened the fact that among the multitude were a relatively small amount of kimonogems. We have viewed roughly a million kimonos -- those kimonos found in pricelevels three and four in this gallery are the gems of that extensivesearch.
Our clients include museums, interior decorators,collectors as well as kimono enthusiasts in general. We hope that you findsomething on the website that you will wish to collect and treasure.
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