A Length of Zanshi Ori: Leftover Yarn Weaving with Good Details

early twentieth century
52" x 13 1/4", 132 cm x 33.5 cm 

Zanshi ori is cloth that is woven from threads either leftover from home production of yarn making, or from broken threads that were purchased from local commercial weavers. 

Usually the weft is fed with these random threads while generally the warp is regulated producing an irregular horizontal 'striping'; if home threads are used, knotted slubs can often be seen.

This is a very good, essentially monochromatic, length of zanshi ori whose leftover yarns can be seen on the weft: the often appear as passages of loosely-patterned kasuri designs, or, in some cases, as horizontal bars of randomly compresses and space dyed "white noise."

Some of these details are subtle and you need to look carefully, but overall the length is very handsome and is quite a nice example of zanshi ori or leftover yarn cloth.