A Length of Mended Cotton Zanshi ori: Leftover Yarn Weaving

late nineteenth, early twentieth century
68" x 13 1/4", 173 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.

On this length we can see irregularly spaced stripes of weft design which is the result of random yarns being used to weave this panel. The random weft colors are blue and white and the the texture of the cloth is slubby from so many knots to the weft yarn.

As is easily seen on the lead photo here the length is patched on the top, left hand side.

Texturally and in terms of color this is a wonderful length zanshi ori and one to consider if you have been wanting to acquire a length of this hand woven cotton cloth.