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A Cotton Boro Noragi: Stitched and Repaired Work Coat Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1950 item# 1086594
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ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century 38" x 34", 96.5 cm x 86.25 cm This boro noragi or work coat made of repurposed, hand loomed and hand dyed cotton is something of classic example of rural noragi. The quality of the faded, indigo dyed cotton, the hand stitching, the two layers of cloth and the abrasions to the surface of the cloth all add up and make this an archetypal rural Japanese work coat--and a beautiful one, at that. The symmetrical patching on the proper ...click for details

An Absolutely Beautiful Bengali Kantha Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1950 item# 1081270
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ca. mid twentieth century 42" x 31", 106.5 cm x 78.5 cm What an absolutely magnificent Bengali kantha--and one that is detailed with an uncountable number of stitches which can be clearly seen in the many accompanying detail photos. The kantha stitched textiles from Bangladesh and West Bengal in India are a well-known folk textile art and one of India's most prized textile traditions. Kantha stitching has its roots in ingenuity and the culture of women: used white dho ...click for details

A Heavily Sashiko Stitched Tekko: Kasuri Hand Guards Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1950 item# 1079321
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ca. early to mid twentieth century each: 8" x 5", 20 cm x 12.5 cm These very rustic, heavily sashiko stitched pieces were used as a kind of hand guard, called tekko, to protect the hands and wrists from abrasions, etc. during hard, outdoor work and/ or while walking in the forest. Each piece is of faded, indigo dyed kasuri cotton with very tight rows of white cotton sashiko stitching. Note the elaborate stitch used to secure the ties to the front of these 'hand guards.' ...click for details

A Cotton Patched Noragi: Stripes on Stripes Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1950 item# 1079320
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ca. early to mid twentieth century 36" x 36", 91.5 cm x 91.5 cm This is a cotton noragi, or work coat, that is a study in subtlety and graphic beauty. The base cloth of this coat is a wide-striped woven cotton; the tones of the overall surface of the coat is variegated in soft clouds of light fading--and this is punctuated by a marvelous stripe-on-stripe collage of patches of the same material, but in darker, clearer tones, the result of them not being as light faded as the base ...click for details

A Strange and Wonderful Small Ralli: Recycled Cottons Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Pre 1950 item# 1075965
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ca. mid twentieth century 40" x 15 1/2", 101.5 cm x 39.5 cm A ralli is a quilt made from layers of discarded cloth and configured into a multitude of traditional patterns. Rallis hail from Sindh, Pakistan, a southern area that is contiguous to the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, where some of these quilts are also sewn. Lines and lines of running stitch secure and strengthen the layers of cloth that make a ralli. A ralli is used as a bed cover for a tradition ...click for details

A 19th Century Tenugui: Hand Spun Cotton Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1900 item# 1075963
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ca. mid nineteenth century 13 1/2" x 17", 34 cm x 43 cm What a lovely, old piece of hand spun, hand loomed, indigo dyed cotton. This piece of hand dyed cloth is a fragment from a late Edo Period (1603-1868) tenugui, a kind of all-purpose cotton towel that was--and is still--used throughout Japan. The hand spun threads are simply beautiful--as is the asagi, or pale blue color, which shows off the hand spun cotton yarn to great advantage. The light fading and wear to the piece ...click for details

A Very Patched Shinafu Bag: Linden Bark Fiber Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1940 item# 1075960
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ca. early twentieth century 20" x 12", 51 cm x 30.5 cm Shinafu is cloth that has been woven from the inner bark of the linden tree--and it is a collectible bast fiber that is characterized by a scratchy, wiry yarn that often shows a distinctive, copper color. This is a simple work bag woven from shina yarn that has been repeatedly patched with cotton fragments, creating a wonderful flurry of random contrast over the rough and scratchy asa base cloth. The bag is constructed fr ...click for details

A Small Fragment of Bingata: Okinawan Stencil Dyeing Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1910 item# 1075958
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ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century 4 1/4" x 5 1/4", 10.5 cm x 13.25 cm This is a marvelous, small fragment of cloth from Japan's Ryukyu Islands, or Okinawa. Bingata, which is the name of this stencil dyed cloth, along with bashofu, the cloth woven from banana leaf stem fiber, are two of the hallmarks of Ryukyu weaving and dyeing. Not only that, they are some of the most prized cloth to hail from Japan, and its value, in Japan and abroad, is akin to gold. Binga ...click for details

An Arimatsu Shibori Yukata: Suji Shibori and Surikomi Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1940 item# 1074459
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ca. early twentieth century 47 1/2" x 46", 120.5 cm x 117 cm This is a really beautiful, hand loomed cotton shibori woman's yukata--with a bit of a surprise in its dyeing. The vertical, indigo dyed lines on this yukata were achieved by pleating the cloth and dying it using a technique named suji. However, the intersecting lines which run horizontally are not shibori dyed in the same technique: they are applied directly onto the cloth through a stencil in a technique known ...click for details

An Exquisite Boro Furoshiki: Intricate Mending Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1910 item# 1074458
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ca. late nineteenth century 48" x 50", 122 cm x 127 cm In terms of lovely color, fine patching, wonderful stitched mending and good size, this boro furoshiki or a traditional wrapping cloth--is extraordinary. The stencil resist dyed interlocking circles hold wonderful graphic appeal--and the fourteen or so hand stitched patches are a beautiful visual addition to this already good looking boro cloth. Pay close attention to the accompanying photographs in order to see the mendi ...click for details

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