{"product_id":"a-layered-cotton-kotatsugake-simply-designed-pieced-hearth-cover","title":"A Layered Cotton Kotatsugake: Simply Designed Pieced Hearth Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003emid twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e60\" x 59 1\/2\", 152.4 cm x 151 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ekotatsugake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which is a cloth to be draped over a heated table or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ekotatsu.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe draped cloth traps the heat so a family who gathers near the hearth and places their legs under the cloth stays warm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003cem\u003ekotatsugake\u003c\/em\u003e is made of repurposed cottons: solid-dyed cotton for the center panel of both sides and plaid cloth for the flanking panels. In one case we have what seems to be a large-scale, commercially loomed red plaid cotton and the other case shows a plaid cotton cloth woven from leftover yarns or a cloth called \u003cem\u003ezanshi ori.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003ekotatsugake\u003c\/em\u003e is heavy from what seems to be three layers of cotton joined together; it is still rather drapey and supple in feeling, it is not \"rug weight\" but it is more like a blanket or throw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimply designed, absolutely traditional in its making and application, this is a really nice old \u003cem\u003ekotatsugake\u003c\/em\u003e from the time braziers were used to heat tables--not like now when a \u003cem\u003ekotatsugake\u003c\/em\u003e would be an electric blanket (yes, \u003cem\u003ekotatsugake\u003c\/em\u003e are still used all over Japan today).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovely.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39973284872378,"sku":"","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9422\/products\/RepairedKotatsugake5d.jpg?v=1624905053","url":"https:\/\/www.srithreads.com\/products\/a-layered-cotton-kotatsugake-simply-designed-pieced-hearth-cover","provider":"Sri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}