Japan / Circa 1900-1930s
Size : W1510 D10 H1555 mm
Item Number : 16_03
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An antique Japanese “Boro” textile, composed of layered and patched fragments of cloth from different periods, entirely reinforced with delicate sashiko stitching.
Originally used as utilitarian household fabric — likely for clothing, bedding, or daily domestic use — this piece bears the quiet traces of a long life: fading indigo, worn surfaces, repairs, tears, and patches accumulated through generations of careful preservation and reuse.
The spontaneous combination of striped, kasuri, plaid, and indigo-dyed textiles results in a remarkably abstract composition, evoking the sensibility of contemporary textile art and modern painting.
The dense hand-stitched sashiko running across the entire surface creates subtle rhythm, texture, and depth beyond its practical purpose of reinforcement. When displayed on a wall, the textile possesses an almost painterly presence — as though time itself had been stitched into cloth.
Estimated to date from the late Meiji to early Showa period
(circa 1900s–1930s).
A deeply evocative example of Japanese folk textile culture and the philosophy of beauty born from use, repair, and endurance.
