A Length of Indian Inspired Katazome: Two Invisible Mends

late nineteenth, early twentieth century
35" x 13", 89 cm x 33 cm

This is an elaborately designed and executed length of nicely toned old katazome cloth.

It shows a kind of "Indian inspired" repeat pattern that is composed of three different types of stylized chrysanthemums. 

The rendering of these chrysanthemums relies heavily on white tracery lines which look delicate and luminous against the dark blue background. A generous amount of red toned highlight colors add richness to the overall pattern.

The condition of this length is used and it still has a very good, deep tonal quality that shows little fading. Please note the two areas of "invisible" mending as shown on the detail photos that accompany this posting. Very interesting!

Just beautiful.