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An Overdyed Furoshiki: Paulownia Crest browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Textiles: Pre 1920: Item # 737409
Sri Textiles 18 Eckford Street, 2A Brooklyn, NY 11222 tel 718-599-2559 Guest Book sold |
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| ca. late Nineteenth, early Twentieth century 42" x 37", 106.5 cm x 94 cm The rich, dark green color of this cotton furoshiki, or wrapping cloth, was achieved by overdyeing indigo with a yellow dye. This furoshiki is made of a beautiful, very richly hand spun, hand dyed cotton cloth; the roundel in the proper right upper corner was applied using the stencil resist method: rice paste was squeegeed through a stencil directly on the cloth, when submerged in the dye bath, this portion of cloth rejected the dye. The small, round design shows the kiri, or paulownia flower, a very popular design motif in Japan. The legendary phoenix of China and Japan (quite a different bird from the phoenix of Greek myth) alights on the paulownia, the only earthly perch suitable for this divine creature. | ||||||||
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