7606: 1970s Japanese Pongee Silk Ohshima Tsumugi,62 inches Arai-Hari

1970's Ohshima Tsumugi (Pongee) Silk Fabric
Used/Cleaned Arai-Hari
Catalog# 7606
Width:14.5 inches / 36.83 cm
Length: 62 inches / 157.48 cm
US$20.00 per piece
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Item Details and Description
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:
Lightweight, minimally translucent Oshima Tsumugi silk fabric with designs the same on both sides; Background color is black with off-white and brighter whites for the intricate designs; as is typical of Ohshima Tsumugi of this time, much of the background is rendered in tiny pixelated micro-lines/Xs/+/dots, rendering a tortoise-shell-like pattern whose elements are even-sided hexagons, each measures at 5 inches/ 12.7cm X 5.25 inches/1.334cm; Each of the hexagons has symmetrical floral patterns within -- chrysanthemum at the center, four quadrants with aleaf/flower in each; The white threads vary in brightness and viewed in brighter lighting there is a silver quality to the central whites, depending on angle of view; The nature of the weave is such that the fabric has slight sheen; same on both sides.
Recommended for making scarf/accessories.
NOTE: All designs are the result of a pixelated effect: tiny pixelated lines, dots, created in the weaving/dyeing process (please see closeups); selvage on both sides is .25 inch (6.35mm) fabric slightly stiff, some drape.
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,
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