Katsuragi Wool (DOMINX)'s Items
〜 Suit and formal wear textile manufacturer 〜
Founded in 1912, the company switched to linen fabrics in 1931, and is now one of Japan's leading textile manufacturers, passing on the low-tech techniques of its predecessors to future generations and continuing to create valuable products based on the Bishu tradition.
Schonherr looms have been used since the early Showa period, but now that high-speed looms such as air jet looms are widespread, production has been discontinued and there are only a few of them in operation, making them considered to be former masterpieces. The textile created on these Schonherr looms have the hand-woven texture that can only be achieved with ultra-low-speed automatic looms, with each part clattering about as if it were the hand of a single craftsman, gently and slowly weaving the fabric without da