7460:1980's Japanese Pongee Silk Ohshima Tsumugi,63 inches Arai-Hari

 1980's Ohshima  Tsumugi (Pongee) Silk Fabric

Used/Cleaned Arai-Hari

Catalog# 7460

Width:14.75 inches / 37.47 cm
Length: 61 inches / 154.94 cm

US$19.00 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:

Lightweight fabric Oshima Tsumugi silk with design the same on both sides; Background color is a cream-tan color; design colors are in lighter shades of mauve, light grayish-blue, and some light to darker burgundy colors; the entire background is rendered in tiny pixelated micro-lines/Xs/+, creating slightly flower blossoms of various shades and contrast; Note that all the motifs are interwoven in tiny pixels, most of which serve as background with very small mesh design/weave,( tiny plus signs); Please see closeups.

NOTE: All designs are the result of a pixelated effect, tiny pixelated lines created in the weaving/dyeing process (please see closeups); selvage on both sides is .25 inch (6.35mm) fabric slightly stiff, some drape. 

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,

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