Tires Shawl by NUNO

$285.00

NUNO—which simply means “cloth” in Japanese—is headed by world-renowned textile designer Reiko Sudo who launched the company more than 35 years ago with textile icon Jun’ichi Arai. NUNO seamlessly networks the independent spinners, dyers and mills that still survive in villages throughout Japan with a highly-developed communications infrastructure.

Combining traditional weaving technologies, with state-of-the-art materials and manufacturing technologies, the special production processes behind each and every one of NUNO’s unique designs rely heavily on the expertise of Japan’s highly-skilled crafts persons and their centuries of accumulated experience.

This brown & white "Tires" pattern shawl is woven from soft, warm Merino wool on a special loom traditionally used for fukuro-obi pocketed sashes. Uniformly long, fine Merino wool--arguably the highest quality wool in the world--is as heat-retentive as it is soft on the skin.