A Length of Wonderful Sakiori Cloth: One Half Unmade Garment

early twentieth century
when not folded as shown: 73" x 12 3/4", 185.5 cm x 32.5 cm

This marvelous length of indigo dyed cotton sakiori is half an unmade jacket.  

And for those who are looking for the "ultimate" sakiori, in a way, this is it.

The reasons are because this length is woven using a hemp warp, which is what you would like to find when you are looking for sakiori, mainly because it hearkens back to the origins of this weaving form when bast fibers were used for the warp as the material to make a cotton warp was not yet available.  

Against the hemp warp there is woven a beautifully colored, deeply toned and slightly variegated-in-color indigo weft, and, again, going back to the origins of the first sakiori weaving, we can almost bet that the weft yarns of the first sakiori weaving were of indigo rags.

This is a really beautiful length of sakiori weaving, unused, so it is still in as-new condition.

Very recommended.