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A Pair of Jishiro Katazome Momohiki Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1950 item# 963669
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ca. mid twentieth century 33" x 24", 84 cm x 61 cm This is a pair of momohiki, a kind of traditional, Japanese work trousers: what is unusual about them is that they are made of hand spun, hand woven, indigo dyed katazome cloth which seems to date from the late nineteenth, early twentieth century. What is further unusual about them is that the precious cloth used to create these trousers is of a very collectible kind of katazome, which is jishiro, or "white ground" ka ...click for details

A Magnificently Pieced Pakistani Ralli Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1960 item# 963668
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ca. mid twentieth century 76" x 48", 193 cm x 122 cm Please look carefully at all the photos of this piece, which is full of wonderful color, pattern and texture surprises. 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 run ...click for details

A Wonderful Sashiko Stitched Furoshiki Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1920 item# 962462
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ca. early twentieth century 58" x 62", 147.5 cm x 157.5 cm The bold, graphic, centrally placed sashiko stitched "X" of this furoshiki, or wrapping cloth has marvelous visual impact. This is a fantastic, sashiko stitched furoshiki. Three of the four corners bear the image of the chrysanthemum, the fourth is a family name rendered in kanji, or a Chinese character. This cloth has been used as can be seen by the slight unraveling of some of the stitches and by the patc ...click for details

A Very Long, Patched, Katazome Dyed Festival Cloth Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1920 item# 962459
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ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century 214" x 12", 5.43 m x 30.5 cm Very long, crudely resist dyed cloth such as this are usually associated with festivals in Japan, and in most cases they were horse leads. Dyeing such as done on this cloth--in this case, bold swaths of diagonal stripes--was intended to lend a festive air to the textile, to brighten things up during times of celebration. This piece, about 18 feet/ 5.5 meters long, is cotton that has been dyed in botani ...click for details

A Pair of Very Patched Boro Momohiki Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1940 item# 962456
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ca. early twentieth century 28 3/4" x 13", 73 cm x 33 cm, each leg What a fabulous pair of heavily patched, boro, cotton momohiki or work pants. The profusion of patches and exuberant stitching are dense and all. This is a really fantastic aspect to these momohiki, and is what one would hope for in a boro textile, especially one that is intact, as this one is. Momohiki are a form of Japanese work trousers of which there are several. These are wrapped around the waist in a c ...click for details

A Spectacularly Embroidered Kantha Stole:Cotton on Silk Catalogue: Gifts & Home Decor: Jewelry and Accessories: Ethnic: Contemporary item# 960714
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contemporary 79" x 20", 198 cm x 51 cm This is a wonderful, contemporary kantha stitched stole, the stitching being done in a thick white cotton and the base cloth being a lovely, champagne colored, hand loomed, very light weight tussar silk. This piece is hand stitched in West Bengal, India, near Calcutta. The historical 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. ...click for details

A Short and Narrow Sakiori Obi: Greys and Mustard Tones Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1960 item# 960697
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ca. mid twentieth century 89" x 4 1/2", 226 cm x 11.5 cm This is a really handsome, han haba, or half-width, sakiori obi or a rustic kimono sash that has been woven from shredded cotton clothing and bedding. The warp is a laxly spaced white cotton and the weft yarns are blocks of variegated blacks and greys (with a splash of deep red) which are interrupted by a regular sequence of mustard and white bars, inserted for variety. A really lovely piece in great condition.

An Exceptionally Good Boro Cotton Kaya Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1930 item# 960695
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ca. early twentieth century 67" x 27", 170 cm x 68.5 cm This beautiful, two-panel, indigo dyed cotton boro kaya or mosquito netting is a favorite here at Sri. It is very rustic, its hand loomed cotton very soft from age and wear. The green color of the kaya is the result of it being exposed to the elements over time: have a look at the detail photo showing the top edge of the kaya and you will see that where the cotton was not exposed to the elements it is still a very deep b ...click for details

A Wonderfully Decorated and Reversible Indian Bag Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Pre 1960 item# 960694
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ca. mid twentieth century 18 1/2" x 11", 47 cm x 28 cm This is a marvelous Indian or Pakistani bag that is as fascinating and beautiful on its inside as it is on its outside: the question is, which is which? It is a celebratory and ceremonial bag and by its lavish applique and embroidery work on the exterior and interior, it is clear why. Bags such as this, which are made from re-used cloth, were used in northwest India for wedding ceremonies and to hold dowry items. After wed ...click for details

A Full Bolt of Very Rustic Handwoven Shibori Cotton Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1920 item# 960691
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ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century 8 3/4 yards x 13", 8 m x 33 cm This is a wonderful, unused 8 3/4 yard/ 8 m length of very rustic hand spun and hand dyed cotton cloth which has been dyed in a rudimentary shibori method which yielded a rich, cobalt blue colored indigo. Just beautiful. The cotton has fabulous "thread taste" as the Japanese are fond of saying and the home spun threads create a tactile and rich woven cloth. Of note is that on one side of the cloth ...click for details

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