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8009: 1980s Deadstock Ohshima Tsumugi Silk,Black Vertical Stripes, Embroid Leaves 62in.

8009 1980s Black Ohshima Tsumugi Silk 62 inches, factory deadstock

Traditional Japanese Textiles:

Authenticated Kamimura Ohshima Mfr:

Deadstock 1980's Doro(Mud Dyed) Ohshima Tsumugi (Pongee) Silk Fabric
Solid Black with brocades silver falling leaves
& Column of 11 metallic muted gold pinstripes off-center vertically

Catalog# 8009

Width: 15 inches / 38.1cm
Length: 62 inches / 157.48 cm

US$20.00 per piece

Item Details and Description

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

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 1980s deadstock silk is Doro Ohshima Tsumugi (Mud-dyed), a Light-medium weight, minimally translucent & slightly stiff Ohshima Tsumugi silk, black with hint of dark brown background fabric with designs of a lengthwise band comprised of 11 muted-burnished-gold color pinstripes interwoven, 1/16th inch / 1.59mm each, evenly spaced; the column of these stripes measures 1 5/8 (1.63) inches/4.13 cm wide; this column is off-centered; There is only slight sheen to this fabric;

Note the brocaded figures randomly placed: these look like falling leaves to us, though one has a look of a butterfly, another of a peapod shape; these silver threaded figures are on both sides (Please see our closeups);motifs are the same on both sides; The start of this roll shows multiple authenticating labels of maker's name and factory(Honba), Kamimura; the first order of this fabric will receive the maker's mark label band (last images).

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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