8022: 1990s Deadstock Ohshima Tsumugi Silk, Interwoven Plaid, Browns.Fuji Mfr Co.

8022: 1990s Deadstock Ohshima Silk PLaid

Traditional Japanese Textiles:

Authenticated Fuji Silk Oshima Tsumugi Mfr:
(Honba Fuji Ohshima)

Deadstock 1990's Ohshima Tsumugi Silk Fabric
Solid Mix of Dark Plum, Several Shades of Brown with Interwoven pinstripe Bands, Pixelated, Checkerboard/Large Plaid Pattern

Catalog# 8022

Width: 14.75 inches / 37.47 cm
Length: 62 inches / 157.48 cm

US$18.00 per piece

Item Details and Description

Fabric History/Pedigree: 1990s kimono fabric from deadstock rolls (unused 'new' from another time.); Factory authenticated, maker name Fuji Silk Manufacturer.

This is an Ohshima tsumugi silk from Amami Islands, Japan. Details on this part of Japan's special pongee silk-making process can be found on the National Foundation for Promoting the National Costume of Japan website, which explains the natural plant dyes and mud etc. used in making Ohshima Tsumugi, quoted here:

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:

This 1990s deadstock silk is a a Light-medium weight, minimally translucent & slightly stiff Ohshima Tsumugi silk, predominant brown tones, with designs of bands rendered using fine pinstriped bands, arranged as a large-scale plaid design; colors used are a variety of brown and dark pluim colors; pinstripes which render the plaid pattern are whie, pink, mustard-yellow, some silver; Basically, the overal motif created is a checkerboard sense, but plaid overall.

The start of this roll shows multiple authenticating labels of maker's name and factory(Honba), Fuji Mfr Co.; the first order of this fabric will receive the maker's mark label band and certifications of authenticity,

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.

Recommended for making scarf/accessories.

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