Boro Noragi - Tattered Fisherman's Workcoat futon and gallerist

and gallerist

wave-like pattern

The shibori process is arashi shibori - the cloth is wrapped around a pole and then dyed

We mostly see boro futon and work jackets - this textile is a fantastic example of the beauty of unintended art and a rather rare example of a boro textile

presumably the owner's name

Boro Noragi - Tattered Fisherman's Workcoat futon and galleristThis is a heavy, well worn indigo Japanese boro fisherman's noragi made from a wonderful assortment of layered botanical indigo dyed solid and striped cottons. This is a Japanese fisherman's boro noragi (ragged workcoat). The jacket is made from a wonderful assortment of indigo dyed cottons which have been layered and held together with hundreds of sashiko stitches to reinforce, repair, and prolong the life of the jacket. The proper outside cotton has