7955:1960s Mud-Dyed Japanese Silk Doro-Ohshima Tsumugi, Geometric,59in. AraiHari
1960s Distinctive Japanese Textiles: Catalog# 7955 Thin Summer SilkDoro (Mud-dyed) Ohshima Tsumugi (pongee) Silk FabricVery Small (Komon) Staccato Lateral Lines:Line Elements are: Classic Mini-Swallows-in-flight & Mini ArrowAll Lines in a Parallel Rectangualr Grid Arrangement Width: 14.5 inches / 36.83 cmLength: 59 inches / 149.86 cmUS$20.00 per piece Plus Shipping Item Details and Description Fabric History/Pedigree: 1960s lightweight doro ohshima tsumugi (mud-dyed) fabric from kimono pieces from an Arai Hari (special Japanese kimono cleaner -- see info on Arai-Hari HERE from John Marshall, expert on Japanese textiles . Fabric Description Details: This thin, tanslucent summer silk lightweight piece is most unusual (in our experience), as it has micro sized (1/8th inch / 3.17 mm and smaller) designs of classic swallows-in-flight and arrow feathers; these elements are along thin lateral & vertical (grid) parallel lines; please see closeups; background is dark mud-brown (a