Japanese Boro, or Futon Cover, 19th C

    Blog post here: blog.ounodesign.com/2009/08/19/mending-and-recycling-text...

    From 1st Dibs
    www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=260836

    Made from patches of recycled indigo dyed cotton and joined together.

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      knitgirl, cutter 007, sculptress studio, sr. mzocoxito, and 25 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. knitgirl (46 months ago | reply)

      are you sure it isn't a painting?

    3. ouno design (46 months ago | reply)

      Cubism or Abstraction, before the fact! But then Japanese design is so often before the fact.

    4. a blackbird (28 months ago | reply)

      Amazed at how it looks like a Gees Bend Quilt.

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