Japanese Noren (door curtain)

Name/Title

Japanese Noren (door curtain)

Entry/Object ID

2025.3.1

Description

This noren (door curtain) is made of ramie fiber, decorated with indigo batik that used stencil to apply the paste resist prior to dyeing. It was made around 2010 in a workshop in Tokyo. Ex collection Peggy Osterkamp.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.3

Source or Donor

Christopher Buckley

Credit Line

Gift of Christopher Buckley

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Date made

circa 2010

Textile Details

Technique

Batik (paste-resist dyeing)

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Tokyo

Country

Japan

Material

Ramie

Provenance

Notes

This piece was an ex-collection of Peggy Osterkamp. It was purchased by Christopher Buckley in 2024, and donated to Tracing Patterns Foundation in 2025.