A Ragged, Reversible Boro Panel: Charming Details

**reduced from $135.00**
mid twentieth century
72" x 13", 182 cm x 33 cm

This colorful, reversible length of layered and messy boro cloth is from the second or early third quarter of the twentieth century as can be witnessed by the types of cloth, most of it commercially loomed, that are hand stitched to make this tattered beauty.

This was taken from a futon cover and as you can easily see this was an improvisational piece and one that seems to be made of any readily-available scrap of cotton. There are loose seams, abraded surfaces, ragged edges, fading, light staining, some tears and small holes--and these details all serve to inform us of the kind of hard life lived by this futon cover panel.

Easily enjoyed on both its sides this can be displayed front or back for equal visual enjoyment.

And please note an interesting detail: on the side shown in the lead photos you will see patches disappearing into a seam which means that the two pieces used to make this area were recycled from already-patched cloth, a real testimony to the re-use of existing material.

A lovely thing.