HAND-KNOTED BASHO-FU
KASURI-RESISTED HANDSPUN COTTON
DYED WITH SAFFLOWER AND RYUKYU INDIGO
TAKETOMI-JIMA, OKINAWA, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
SOLD
Te-saji hand towels of basho-fu were traditionally woven by young women in the Yaeyama archipelago of Okinawa and given to their suitors as a symbol of love and commitment.
HANDSPUN COTTON AND PLY-JOINTED KUDZU
MINERAL AND BOTANICAL DYES, TWILL WEAVE
PROBABLY KAKEGAWA (SHIZUOKA), EARLY-MID 19C
HOMESPUN COTTON, KASURI-RESISTED
DYED IN INDIGO AND MADDER
HANDWOVEN, HAND-PAINTED MORDANT-DYED,
RESIST-DYED AND HAND-PAINTED
COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA
FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, 17C/18C
private collection, Horyu-ji, Nara
HANDPSUN COTTON, BOTANICAL DYES
FLOATING RELIEF WARP AND WEFT
OKINAWA, MID 19C
HAND-KNOTTED, HANDWOVEN
BASHO-FU BANANA FIBER
縦横縞：てぃかち 縦縞：琉球藍、木綿
BROWN WARP/WEFT STRIPES:
TIKACHI (Rhaphiolepis umbellata)
BLUE COTTON WARP STRIPES:
RYUKYU INDIGO (Strobilanthes cusia)
LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
SOLD
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
SANKUZUSHI LATTICE WEAVE
LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
DYED WITH RYUKYU INDIGO;
SUPPLEMENTAL BASHO BANANA-FIBER THREADS
OKINAWA, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
private collection, Teramachi, Kyoto
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
BOTANICAL RYUKYU INDIGO, SYNTHETIC RED DYE
FLOATING RELIEF WEFT AND KASURI-RESISTED WEFT
OKINAWA, LATE 19C
OBVERSE ・ 表
REVERSE ・ 裏
HANDPSUN COTTON AND SILK
BOTANICAL DYES
FLOATING RELIEF WEFT
OKINAWA, MID 19C
OBVERSE ・ 表
REVERSE ・ 裏
HAND-PAINTED MORDANT-DYED
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA, 18C/19C
FOR THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST ASIAN MARKET
