Boro Furoshiki shima The jacket is made from

The jacket is made from a wonderful assortment of indigo dyed cottons which have been layered and held together with hundreds of sashiko stitches to reinforce

Early to mid 1900s

The proper outside cotton has an exquisitely soft hand from decades of wear

The detailed photographs here illustrate how the outer surface had been abraded in several areas to reveal the layer beneath

There are no tears or damage

Boro Furoshiki shima The jacket is made fromThis 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