A vintage, almost square wrapping cloth, called furoshiki made of chirimen (crepe) silk. Okinawa bingata design of summer flowers on an embankment with a boat. The flowers and boat in different shades of red and old rose, indigo blue, green and ochre with touches of gold (some flower hearts) against an yellow colored back ground with some stylized waves in white (left blank). Edozome.
Pure silk.
Japan, 1970-1980s.
H 27 x W 25.5 in.
This furoshiki has been used: there are a few tiny holes and spots commensurate with light usage
