A rare, quintessentially Japanese piece. Vintage indigo dyed textile.

Artisan made, this piece was dyed using a combination of techniques.

The origami crane image can be seen clearly on both sides of the fabric. This could have been done with a stencil or wooden blocks tied to the fabric.

The branches were created with the tsutsugaki technique which involves hand painting a resist paste to the fabric before dipping in the natural indigo.

The dye is extremely rich and deep showing it was dipped a great number of times. Very dark blue.

Excellent condition. Appears to have never been used.

Ready to frame or include in your next project.

87cm / 34.2"

34cm / 13.3"

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*Katazome is a traditional Japanese resist dye technique. A stencil, known as kata, is used to apply a flour and water paste before dipping. These textiles were made by hand from scratch. The weaving, stenciling, dying and often the spinning of the cotton was all done by hand by the artisan. Natural botanical dyes were used, indigo being the most common.

Antique indigo textiles, such as this, are typical of 19th / early 20th century Japanese utilitarian textiles. They would have been used to make clothing or domestic items such as futon covers. They are highly regarded and collected within Japan and across the world.

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