{"product_id":"an-unusual-boro-textile-diagonal-piecing-from-a-travel-cape","title":"An Unusual Boro Textile: Diagonal Piecing from a Travel Cape","description":"\u003cp\u003elate nineteenth, early twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e68\" x 23\", 173 cm x 58.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tall cloth of good proportions is composed of wedge-shaped pieces of re-purposed, striped cotton cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of the diagonal cutting of the cloth which is woven from white stripes on the dark colored ground, the striped pattern is beautifully \"broken\" due to the way the pieces are stitched together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reason for the wedge shaped construction is that these pieces were taken from a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.srithreads.com\/products\/an-indigo-dyed-cotton-kappa-traveling-cape?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=3ce77db43\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ekappa,\u003c\/em\u003e a kind of cape\u003c\/a\u003e that was introduced to Japan by Portuguese traders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe color of this piece is a deep warm blue that might read green to some people, and it is shown from the back in order to easily see the unfinished seams and the patching to the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a marvelous thing to look at and it is a real hold over from old Japan when traveling capes of the type which yielded this material were in common use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWonderful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45054337417402,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9422\/files\/Stripes111.jpg?v=1755382757","url":"https:\/\/www.srithreads.com\/products\/an-unusual-boro-textile-diagonal-piecing-from-a-travel-cape","provider":"Sri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}