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An Intricately and Beautifully Pieced Silk Komebukuro: browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1900: item # 806944
Sri Textiles 18 Eckford Street, 2A Brooklyn, NY 11222 tel 718-599-2559 Guest Book $245.00 |
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| ca. mid to late nineteent century 10 1/2" x 15", 26.5 cm x 38 cm This intensely pieced beauty owes its allure to the gorgeous Edo period (1603-1867) silks--all dyed using botanical dyes--that are expertly stitched together on a diagonal. Pay special attention to very small runs of pieced cloth that are used to fill one small square area: quite amazingly detailed stitchery went into this silk-lined, drawstsring bag. The cloth of course is recycled from garments. This bag, being a showy piece, was most likely used to bring offering--usually rice--to temple festivals, thus, bags of this sort are generally referred to as komebukuro, or rice bags. Please pour over the detail photos and drink in the beautiful cloth fragments that are joined together to make this bag--note the lovely length of shibori silk. | |||||||||||||||
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