"BORO" / Japanese Old Cloth / Tapestry / Wall Decoration

It is a Japanese indigo dyed antique cloth. It calls its name "fu-ro-shi-ki". Originally used in the dressing room of the public bath "furo" during the...

This cloth was made by the Mbuti people, a pygmy tribe living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Mbuti are hunter-gatherers who live in the Ituri rainforest, a tropical rai...

This is an old Japanese wooden object. It is carved from the root of a tree. I believe it was made from the late Showa period to the early Heisei period. The wood was originally a li...

This is an old Japanese tin object. This item is from the mid-Showa period (1940s-1970s). This tin was manufactured in large quantities during Japan's period of rapid economic growth...

Old beautiful IKAT red and Bordeaux, with a simply geometrical design: perfectly modern taste. Suitable everywhere: over an armchair, at the bottom of the bed, on the wall. On the sh...

A large Japanese silk embroidery tapestry circa 19th century, late Edo to early Meiji period. Meticulously handwork that densely depicts repea...

1700(W)× 1550(D) [mm]　Cotton This is a highly sensitive old folk craft called "BORO" overseas. It was a very poor time, and throwing things away was outrageous. Old cloth that was c...

An impressive Japanese embroidery tapestry circa 1890s Meiji period, presented with brocade border on linen canvas in a Lucite shadow box. The stunning design features three dragons coiling and flying in the clouds. The high relief technique used to render the dragons using mostly the silver threads gives this piece a tremendous sense of motion. The most auspicious mythological creature in Japan and China, dragons were a very popular motif in textile art. In this particular piece, it is the impressive size, the superb craftsmanship, the profuse use of silver threads and near perfect condition that set it apart. Japanese Meiji textiles were widely exhibited in the west during turn of the 20th century at the international exposition. It was used to showcase the Japanese aesthetics with the techniques at their pinnacle. These expositions solidified the country's images overseas and felled the Japanese craze in the west, which turned out to be a long-lasting influence on the western art. Many pieces were purchased and stayed in the west. It is likely this estate piece was from one of the expositions based on its high quality. For two similar dragon tapestries...