A Length of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Dynamic Design

late nineteenth, early twentieth century 39 1/2" x 13 1/4", 100 cm x 33.5 cm This length of indigo dyed cotton katazome cloth shows a rich pattern of spikey chrysanthemums that are set against a field of karakusa or arabesque. The design is made in such a way as to evoke a churning quality or a kind of movement to the pattern. The cotton yarns are hand spun and the cotton cloth is handwoven: the rough selvedges, shown attest to this. The design of the cloth shows a nice ratio of image as set in proportion to the width of the length of hand woven, hand dyed indigo cloth. Just beautiful.