Green Silk Brocade Maru Obi Green satin double layer obi with all over (maru) brocade design in gold, light olive green, medium olive green, and dark olive green thread with bamboo leaf, stalk, floral, wave, and diamond motifs. The fabric is folded in half lengthwise and machine stitched along one side and two ends. The motifs which repeat at regular intervals include a background design of thin gold babmoo stems and stalks alternating with diamond shapes outlined in a gold border and filled with semicircular wave patterns. The primary motif are sprays of bamboo leaves in medium green threed. The leaves are filled with gold and dark green floral motifs (perhaps and at least two other flowers). At each end of the obi are gold stripes; one end is trimmed close to the edge with two thin stripes, the other end is trimmed with a thin and a broader stripe and leaves a 3/4" width of plain green satin at the edge. Formal obi appropriate for older woman to wear in any season.

1997.001.008