Boro Cloth

This wonderfully shabby piece is a reminder that boro literally means rags  - and that most of the  everyday mending and re-use  of textiles  that happened probably didn't look like what we see curated for  galleries and books! This is a very humble cloth made from an unpicked kimono with patches of kimono lining and other random pieces of old cotton.  Holes,  stains , and general disrepair.  It measures 165cm x 2m. This may have been used as a futon cover  or as a useful general purpose cloth for wrapping etc.  It's  looking forward to being  given a new life.  Mid 20th century. 

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