Original Japanese woodblock triptych by Adachi Ginko (active 1874 - 1897) with six ladies in western dress sewing.
Signed Shosai Ginko and artist's ... read more
This is cotton noragi or Japanese worker's jacket. Made entirely of indigo, this noragi's hand-stitched sashiko design is a simple and geometric ... read more
This is a Japanese indigo dyed cotton shibori kimono. a combination of shibori dying techniques are used to achieve this beautiful stream ... read more
a furisode [wedding kimono]
edo period, (early 19th CENTURY)
Printed and embroidered with %Ishibori%i leaves and red embroidered
plum blossom, with padded hem and long ... read more
Tsutsugaki ‘noshi’ futonji panel, Japan, Meiji (circa 1880), cm 96x33. a really lovely panel fragment from a bedding cloth (futonji), decorated in ... read more
Indigo Kumo Shibori ‘zoikin’, Japan, Taisho (c.1920), 134x33cm. The common English translation of the Japanese word shibori is "tie-dye". However, a more ... read more
Indigo Kumo Shibori panel, Japan, Taisho (c.1920), 117x67cm. The common English translation of the Japanese word shibori is "tie-dye". However, a more ... read more
Large Japanese album with 23 fragments of Indian textiles pasted on 8 pages, including early sarasa, brocade, Kashmir and Islamic fragments. 39x24 ... read more
Japanese length of thick cotton with stencilled decoration (katazome). Early 20th century. 34x170 cm.
Two small holes patched on the reverse otherwise ... read more
An original Japanese print of a girl doing tie-dye (shibori). From the series Tokaido gojusan tsui published in 1845-6. This print refers ... read more
‘Ume blossom’ large shibori cloth , Japan, late Edo (c.1850), 166x61cm. The common English translation of the Japanese word shibori is "tie-dye"; ... read more
‘bundou- tsunagi’ shibori cloth , Japan, Meiji (c.1880), 139x33cm. The common English translation of the Japanese word shibori is "tie-dye"; however, a ... read more
‘Web and stars’ shibori cloth , Japan, Taisho (c.1920), 101x33cm. The common English translation of the Japanese word shibori is "tie-dye"; however, ... read more
Furoshiki cloth, Japan, late Meiji (circa 1910), cm 107x113. Furoshiki were (and still are to some extent) wrapping cloths used when carrying ... read more
