Large Cotton Fabric Drape from Temple

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1970: item #769301
870-TD-nxx

This blue cotton drapery is from a temple. It's about 60" long, including the hanging tabs and approximately 28 feet in length. Interlocking squares inside circles repeat along the length, and one end has kanji characters. There are age spots and discolorations on the fabric which may or may not launder away.

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Japanese Vintage Mingei Textile Sakiori Small Rug

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1960: item #768328
8540

This is a sakiori small rug woven of shreds torn from old kimono, furoshiki, futon cover and so on. In excellent condition. Early or mid Showa era (ca 1930s~1960s ). 72cm x 103cm 28inch x 40inch

Handmade Zabuton Cushions, Set of Five

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1950: item #768155
864-7E-248

These cushions are hand-stitched. A print of floral medallions is framed and backed in green. The green fabric appears to be a combination of blue and yellow, like over-dyed indigo. The cushions measure approximately 19" x 22-1/2"; the size is irregular, as is typical of hand-made pieces. They're about 1.3" thick and quite flexible. Date from Showa or earlier.

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Happi, cotton, Japan, mid 20th century

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1950: item #767987
10073

Cotton workman’s livery coat and two pair of pants. On each of the lapels of the coat the name of a shop in white. On the back the shop logo (the character kichi under a double mountaintop) also in white. All around the hip stylized characters in gray in dye-resist technique. Dark indigo blue cotton. The inside of the back lined with a piece of light indigo blue and the lower part of the sleeves lined with pieces of brown cotton. Hand sown.... Click for details

Japanese Vintage Textile Silk Tsumugi Kimono

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1980: item #765032
8525

This is an attractive silk tsumugi ( pongee fabric ) kimono. It has a beautiful kasuri pattern which is a nice geometric design. In excellent condition. Mid or late Showa era ( ca 1970s~1980s ). 134cm x 168cm 53" x 66"

Japanese Vintage Textile Sample Book Of Tenugui

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1970: item #764722
8530

Rare item. This is a mihoncho ( sample book ) of tenugui ( cotton towel ) which is for a special order. The technique is katazome ( stencil-resist-dyeing ). It has 30 pages where real tenugui are pasted. Made in the year of 41 in Showa era ( 1966 ). In good condition. 86.5cm x 34.5cm 34" x 13"3/5 More photos are available by request

A Simply Decorated Indigo Dyed Cotton Hanten

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1940: item #759824

ca. early to mid Twentieth century 28 1/2" x 47", 72.5 cm x 119 cm This is a beautiful and simply decorated hanten which is a coat used for daily work or for celebrating at a matsuri, a neighborhood Shinto festival. Of hand woven, indigo dyed cotton--the cotton being wonderful and thickly woven--this hanten is hand sewn. It is fully lined in a medium shade of indigo cotton. There is one resist-dyed decoration to the back of the coat, kanji, or Chinese characters, surrounded by a circul... Click for details

A Large Pieced Cotton Drawtring Bag: Sashiko Stitching

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1950: item #759814

ca. mid Twentieth century 14" x 18 1/2", 36 cm x 47 cm This is a wonderful, large sized drawstring bag comprised of hand sewn pieces of cotton cloth, some of which are brightly colored kasuri or ikat fabrics. Note the addition of the sashiko stitched katakana script and the depiction of a nice, fat gourd. The bag is wholly usable or 'displayable' and is in fine shape. Some of the kasuri fabrics are likely from mid-last-century, while some of the more somber striped fabrics can easily date... Click for details

Shibori Noren Door Curtain

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1980: item #759186
848-NR-03

Striking noren, or door curtain was bound and dyed, and may have been paste-resist-dyed as well. The overall pattern is attractive with the asymetrical burst and graceful leaf stems, and the details of the dye work are just as captivating. It is a production piece; there's a remnant of a sewn-on tag, and it dates from the Showa period.
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Kasuri Futonji; Indigo-dyed, Ikat Woven Bed Cover

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles Pre 1980: item #759182
T-40

Four-panel kon (dark-blue) indigo-dyed cotton bed cover, red and white threads woven into warp and weft creating patterns of circles , squares, and checks. Top cover only, no backing or wadding, very good condition. Early 1900’s. L.69”(175cm) x W.55”(140cm.) Futonji, bed covers, were a common bridal trousseau item in feudal and early-modern Japan. They may have been made by the bride before marriage (in very rural areas,) or more likely commissioned by the bride’s family. The bed cover was oft... Click for details