Boro Furoshiki sashiko The katazome fabric employs a

The katazome fabric employs a pattern of kiku or chrysanthemum flowers

A bedcoving such as this may have been made by the bride before marriage (in very rural areas

and is surrounded on all sides with pine

held together with hundreds of sashiko stitches

The garment was purchased from a prominent textile collector

Boro Furoshiki sashiko The katazome fabric employs aThis is a stunning boro furoshiki (wrapping cloth). We mostly see boro futon and work jackets this textile is a fantastic example of the beauty of unintended art and a rather rare example of a boro textile. The geometry of patches and hues of variegated indigo cottons are beautiful. On the proper front there is an equally captivating mix of recycled hanten (perhaps nobori) overdyed indigo cottons. The only one like it in our collection. Early to mid