Well, not a mess, exactly, but there are some fine lengths of cloth amid this scattered group of late nineteenth, early twentieth century indigo dyed cottons.Most of these hand spun, hand woven, shibori dyed cottons are fragments from yukatas or a kind of unlined, casual cotton kimono.In the photo, below, you will a corner of kumo or spiderweb shibori peeking out from behind a pale indigo sample of stitched and tied shibori that is created to show the tatewaku or rising steam motif.The fragment with the delicate, broken stripes was created by first pleating the fabric before vat dyeing it.  The flower forms were dyed using a second process, either by clamping or by stenciling.This is a beautiful array and I will be offering some of these on my website over time.