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8019: 1960s Deadstock Ohshima Tsumugi Silk, Interwoven Checked, Black-Blue, 62in.

8019: 1960s Mud Dyed Ohshima Silk, 62in.

Traditional Japanese Textiles:

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

Deadstock 1960's Doro(Mud Dyed) Ohshima Tsumugi Silk Fabric
Solid Black with Interwoven pinstripe Bands, Pixelated, Checkerboard Array

Catalog# 8019

Width: 14.5 inches / 36.83cm
Length: 62 inches / 157.48 cm

US$20.00 per piece

Item Details and Description

Fabric History/Pedigree: 1960s 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 1960s deadstock silk is Doro Ohshima Tsumugi (Mud-dyed), a Light-medium weight, minimally translucent & slightly stiff Ohshima Tsumugi silk, black with designs of bands rendered using fine pinsriped bands: horizontal bands are 2.5 inches/6.4cm deep, the vertical bands are 1.75 inches/44.45cm wide; Basically, the overal motif created is a checkerboard arrangment, using several shades of blue (please see closeups).

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