A Length of Boro Cotton: Artful Patching
$95.00 USD
early twentieth century
71 1/2" x 13", 181.5 cm x 33 cm
This is a length of grey-blue toned cotton that has been patched with six indigo toned cotton patches.
The six patches as they are arranged on this length are unmistakably artful--it is as if they were almost placed this way on purpose for visual effect.
The base cloth is used, abraded, faded and slightly pitted; the six patches are there to add stability to and to repair the length.
This is an unintended artwork and it is one of the joys of finding patched, old cloth: the surprise to the eye is wonderful.
