{"product_id":"a-19th-century-fly-away-weight-boro-silk-piece-safflower-dye","title":"A 19th Century Fly Away Weight Boro Silk Piece: Safflower Dye","description":"\u003cp\u003elate nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e52\" x 12 1\/2\", 132 cm x 31.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully colored, patched and mended silk piece is taken from the lining of a \u003cem\u003eyose juban\u003c\/em\u003e, a pieced undergarment which was a typical undergarment worn by women in old Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe silk is extremely lightweight and thin; there is very little body to it, and it will literally flutter in the breeze.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe long, orange, tone-on-tone piece is dyed in safflower or \u003cem\u003ebenibana\u003c\/em\u003e as it is known in Japan, and it is pieced together from several fragments, each fragment is hand stitched and there is some hamp thread used to stitch some of the pieces together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA vibrantly colored length of old silk, this is a wonderful textile study piece from old Japan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49296556327030,"sku":"hce1794054429296","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/1205\/1318\/files\/a-19th-century-fly-away-weight-boro-silk-piece-safflower-dye_1.jpg?v=1794054437","url":"https:\/\/terrytone.shop\/products\/a-19th-century-fly-away-weight-boro-silk-piece-safflower-dye","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}