Antique Japanese Boro. Indigo Cotton Ikat Fabric. Folk Textile. (Ref: 1980)

Antique Japanese Boro. Indigo Cotton Ikat Fabric. Folk Textile. (Ref: 1980)

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Antique Japanese boro textile. Early 1900s. A beautiful example of Japanese folk textiles.

Fibers dyed in natural indigo. Hand loomed ikat cotton. Hand stitched in a peasant home. Made up of several pieces. Many boro patches, full of antique charm. There are areas of wear with some holes. A project piece.

Length: 140cm / 55". Width: 60cm / 23".

This is a highly collectible folk textile. An excellent example of Japanese utilitarian boro used around the home. In Japan, cotton was highly prized among the peasant class as a warmer alternative to hemp. Indigo dye was the best natural dye available to use with cotton. Indigo cotton became a quintessential Japanese fabric that was never thrown away and always reused. There term boro translates as scrap / rag. Therefore, this category of Japanese textile can simply be referred to as boro.

To learn more about boro take a look at my blog post:
http://furugistarjapan.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/boro-japanese-folk-fabric/

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