A Silk Drawstring Bag: Nineteenth Century Cloth Fragments

$145.00 USD

mid to late nineteenth century
8" x 6" x 6", 20 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm

This is a charming, piece-constructed drawstring bag that has been hand stitched from individual pieces of 19th century, botanically dyed silks: notice the indigo blues, the benibana or safflower oranges and the shikon or gromwell root purple pieces which all attest to the vegetal origins of the dyes.

The bag is really lovely to look at and is beautifully hand stitched.

Besides the obvious beauty of this bag it is worthwhile noting that the silks on the bag are all in good condition with only one that is split a bit, quite remarkable for silks of this age, which is over 150 years. There are about 14 individual silk pieces that are hand stitched to create this bag. The drawstring may be original to the bag, too.

This bag may have been a komebukuro or a bag that was used to present a token amount of rice or beans to a temple or shrine during a festival.

Really, really lovely and recommended.

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A Silk Drawstring Bag: Nineteenth Century Cloth Fragments
A Silk Drawstring Bag: Nineteenth Century Cloth Fragments A Silk Drawstring Bag: Nineteenth Century Cloth Fragments A Silk Drawstring Bag: Nineteenth Century Cloth Fragments A Silk Drawstring Bag: Nineteenth Century Cloth Fragments A Silk Drawstring Bag: Nineteenth Century Cloth Fragments