Need a better display idea
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Jewellmartin
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I'm trying to display all of my Japanese/Chinese decor together. I only have these vases, the bamboo pagoda, the fan, and a child's kimono about size six, sent to me by my father when he was on R&R in Japan before the Korean War. Ideas?
Those are beautiful things. I have seen restaurants display kimonos on the wall, either in a frame or with a dowel through the sleeves. If you have a chance, visit some local restaurants for how they display items . Sometimes great ideas come from the strangest places.
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I would also attach the pagoda and fan to the kimono! Find a prominent location to display all items together.
https://www.google.com/search?q=display+child%27s+kimono&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdopzr5cfTAhVG4mMKHWlSDGIQsAQIIQ&biw=1016&bih=642
I think it would look lovely if you painted the chest with a black lacquer finish. Add a shelve above also painted black, to display the cases and fan. Then hang the kimono with a rod above this.
What a great idea! That reminded me that I have a black-enameled music box from 1962 from China. This is a possibility. Thank you.
You could also paint the chest red over black and distress it. Add some large tassels from two of the knobs, or change the knobs out for some oriental hardware. You could also get some oriental paper and decoupage it on the front or 4 corners, or decorative paint a design on.... https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Chinese%20cabinet&rs=typed&term_meta[]=Chinese%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=cabinet%7Ctyped
Paint a floating shelf over the chest in same color, and put the vases on it.
I too would put the kimono on a rod, that you could also paint black.
I have used cafe style curtain rods to hang kimonos, space the brackets just inside the width of the kimono sleeves, the pull the front of the sleeves over the bracket to cover it and the brackets.
Jewell that sounds great!