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8007: 1980s Deadstock Ohshima Tsumugi SilkDark Emerald Green-Black, Geometrics, 62 in.

8007: 1980s Deadstock Ohshima Tsumugi, long view 62in.

Traditional Japanese Textiles:

Authenticated Nagachou Ohshima Mfr:

Deadstock 1980's Ohshima Tsumugi (Pongee) Silk Fabric
Dark Emerald Green-Black w/Obtuse Geometric Line Figures

Catalog# 8007

Width:15.25 inches / 38.73 cm
Length: 62 inches / 157.48 cm

US$25.00 per piece

Item Details and Description

Fabric History/Pedigree: 1980s kimono fabric from deadstock rolls (unused 'new' from another time.); Factory authenticated, maker name Nagachjou

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:

Light-medium weight, minimally translucent & stiff Ohshima Tsumugi silk, black/Indigo, blended with dark-emerald green background fabric with singular line obtuse geometric figures placed randomly throughout the fabric; figures are in subdued hues of yellow, red, burgundy, blue, orange, mustard and other yellows; this is typical Ohshima style weave, using tiny pixel + signs to render motifs; fabric is the same on both sides: (please see closeups); The start of this roll shows maker's name and factory, Nagachou, Ohshima; the first order of this fabric will receive the maker's mark label band (last image).

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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