A Length of Blue-on-Blue Miura Shibori: Hand Spun Cotton
late nineteenth, early twentieth century
39" x 13 1/4", 99 cm x 33.5 cm
This is a beautiful length of old indigo dyed shibori cloth: the cotton is hand woven from from hand spun yarns and has a marvelous, hand made texture. It is of good weight.
The shibori is a blue-on-blue field done in the miura technique. Miura shibori looks like a dappled field of uniform-sized splotches.
This length was taken from a garment and its faint light-fading is consistent with this prior history of being a jacket or an under kimono.
A not-so-often seen length of indigo dyed cotton shibori of such good age this piece is wonderful for its expertly done pattern and for its wonderful old hand woven cotton.
Recommended.