Textiles

Vintage Japanese textile samples from the Nishijin district in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. This piece was part of a sample thread booklet. The threads displayed were used as visual samples for Nishijin-ori (traditional decorative weaving) textile...

Vintage Japanese textile samples from the Nishijin district in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. This piece was part of a sample thread booklet. The threads displayed were used as visual samples for Nishijin-ori (traditional decorative weaving) textile...

Vintage Japanese textile samples from the Nishijin district in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. This piece was part of a sample thread booklet. The threads displayed were used as visual samples for Nishijin-ori (traditional decorative weaving) textile...

Vintage Japanese textile samples from the Nishijin district in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. This piece was part of a sample thread booklet. The threads displayed were used as visual samples for Nishijin-ori (traditional decorative weaving) textile...

Dating back to the 8th Century, Ise Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of creating paper stencils used in dyeing textiles. The making of traditional Katagami is quite labor intensive. The first step is to bond multiple layers of thin washi...

Dating back to the 8th Century, Ise Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of creating paper stencils used in dyeing textiles. The making of traditional Katagami is quite labor intensive. The first step is to bond multiple layers of thin washi...

Dating back to the 8th Century, Ise Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of creating paper stencils used in dyeing textiles. The making of traditional Katagami is quite labor intensive. The first step is to bond multiple layers of thin washi...

Dating back to the 8th Century, Ise Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of creating paper stencils used in dyeing textiles. The making of traditional Katagami is quite labor intensive. The first step is to bond multiple layers of thin washi paper...

Dating back to the 8th Century, Ise Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of creating paper stencils used in dyeing textiles. The making of traditional Katagami is quite labor intensive. The first step is to bond multiple layers of thin washi paper...

Dating back to the 8th Century, Ise Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of creating paper stencils used in dyeing textiles. The making of traditional Katagami is quite labor intensive. The first step is to bond multiple layers of thin washi paper...

Dating back to the 8th Century, Ise Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of creating paper stencils used in dyeing textiles. The making of traditional Katagami is quite labor intensive. The first step is to bond multiple layers of thin washi paper...

Dating back to the 8th Century, Ise Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of creating paper stencils used in dyeing textiles. The making of traditional Katagami is quite labor intensive. The first step is to bond multiple layers of thin washi paper...