Rare Japanese Textiles:
1960's Ohshima Tsumugi (Pongee) Silk Fabric
Arai-Hari
Catalog# 7742
Width:14 inches / 35.56cm
Length: 60 inches / 152.4 cm
US$17.00 per piece
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Item Details and Description:
Characteristics: A plain woven silk fabric with pre-dyed scoured threads both for warp and weft. The color is refined and calm and the fabric is soft and difficult to wrinkle. Threads are dyed with plant dyes such as "Techiki" (Raphilolepis umbellata) and indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) with a technique, peculiar only to "Oshima Tsumugi," called "Ori Jime." As a variety, an additional treatment is made to the dyed thread by dipping them in muddy water. It is "Doro(mud) Zome(dyeing)." There are several kinds of "Oshima Tsumugi":"Doro Oshima," "Ai(indigo) Oshima," "Doro Ai Oshima," "Iro(color) Oshima" and "Natsu(summer) Oshima."
Fabric Description Details:
Thin fabric, slightly translucent Oshima Tsumugi silk with designs the same on both sides; fabric color is a black background with several shades of blue to blue-gray for the designs; motif is a geometrically based grid of medallions of several configurations, all aligned in a perpendicular rows-columns configuration, elements about 2 inches square (Please see close-ups); There are also curlicue lines; very slight sheen to this slightly stiff fabric; little drape; same on both sides.
NOTE: All designs of this fabric are the result of a pixelated effect, tiny pixelated lines created in the weaving/dyeing process; selvage on both sides is .25 inch (6.35mm); minimal drape.
Recommended for making scarf/accessories.
Colors: Please use our text color descriptions to complement your sense of the fabric due to differences in contrast and color on different devices.
Condition: EXCELLENT.
