An Indigo Dyed Sakiori Work Apron: Beautifully Soft Patina
$225.00 USD
early twentieth century
21 1/4" x 23 1/2", 54 cm x 59.5 cm
What a beautifully and lightly worn every day garment--this is an indigo dyed cotton sakiori apron which was made using cotton rags as its weft material. The warp also seems to be of cotton.
Aprons were worn all the time in old Japan by all classes of people, especially working people.
Women at home wore them to do housekeeping, men and women farmers and tradesmen wore them, shopkeepers wore them--in the past, aprons or maekake were part of one's daily clothing, and, still, today, many people today in Japan wear aprons on a daily basis.
This one is thickly woven and beautifully colored: the slight wear and faint surface abrasion to this piece adds richness and warmth and enriches our appreciation of it. Or, perhaps more accurately, these features are the cause of our appreciation of it.
It is simple and beautiful and it seems to have captured something of the spirit of the person who wore it. Note the center seam stitching the two sides together is done in thick, hemp thread. Hemp thread is also seen as weft material at the bottom of the right hand side of the apron and it appears only on this passage of cloth.
Recommended.
21 1/4" x 23 1/2", 54 cm x 59.5 cm
What a beautifully and lightly worn every day garment--this is an indigo dyed cotton sakiori apron which was made using cotton rags as its weft material. The warp also seems to be of cotton.
Aprons were worn all the time in old Japan by all classes of people, especially working people.
Women at home wore them to do housekeeping, men and women farmers and tradesmen wore them, shopkeepers wore them--in the past, aprons or maekake were part of one's daily clothing, and, still, today, many people today in Japan wear aprons on a daily basis.
This one is thickly woven and beautifully colored: the slight wear and faint surface abrasion to this piece adds richness and warmth and enriches our appreciation of it. Or, perhaps more accurately, these features are the cause of our appreciation of it.
It is simple and beautiful and it seems to have captured something of the spirit of the person who wore it. Note the center seam stitching the two sides together is done in thick, hemp thread. Hemp thread is also seen as weft material at the bottom of the right hand side of the apron and it appears only on this passage of cloth.
Recommended.
