VINTAGE IKAT PILLOW – BLUSH / LAVENDER / BLACK – SMALL
£160
SOURCE: FLORES {?}
AGE: APPROXIMATELY 30 years
DIMENSIONS: 52CM x 31CM
COMPRISING: FACE FABRIC: 100% COTTON; BACKING FABRIC: 100% LINEN; TASSEL: SILK; ZIP: SOLID BRASS; INSERT: OVERSTUFFED DOWN + FEATHER
PALETTE: A GORGEOUS lightly faded lavender ground WITH SMALL VERTICAL black stripes of varying widths AND blush and rose pink patterns. FEATURING A TAUPE LINEN BACKING, ROSE PINK TASSEL, GOLD + MOTHER OF PEARL CHARM AND BRASS ZIP.
MOTIFS: I HAVE BEEN PUZZLING OVER THIS TEXTILE FOR A LONG TIME, TRYING TO DECIPHER ITS MOTIFS. I HAVE NO CLUE, not a sausage – IF ANYONE KNOWS PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL! I’M NOT EVEN 100% SURE IT’S FROM FLORES, WHAT A mysterious specimen. THERE APPEAR TO BE MOTIFS OF flowers and plants ALTERNATING ALONG HORIZONTAL BANDS, AND WHAT LOOK TO BE ‘kekama hara’ motifs, OR ‘LONTAR BASKET HANDLES’. THE NARROW VERTICAL BANDS ARE A COMMON FEATURE OF INDONESIAN TEXTILES, AND FEATURE tiny ikat dots, stars and squiggles.
TEXTILE DETAILS: THE DYES USED IN THIS PILLOW ARE 100% natural vegetable dyes. THE LAVENDER AND PINK SHADES ARE FROM A COMBINATION OF THE BARK AND ROOTS OF THE morinda tree AND THE LEAVES OF THE indigo plant. THE BLACK STRIPES ARE ACHIEVED BY steeping threads in indigo dye for a long long long long time, and then over-dyeing with tannin.
FOR more information ON / GRATUITOUS IKAT PHOTOS OF FLORES GOODIES, CLICK THROUGH {HERE} TO DEMAND AUTHENTICITY.
WRINKLES: THE OCCASIONAL WRINKLE OR SUNSPOT THAT SOME OF OUR PIECES HAVE ACQUIRED OVER THE YEARS, AS WELL AS THEIR HANDMADE QUIRKS, ARE PART OF THEIR one of a kind artisanal charm. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL PATCHES OF WEAR AND TEAR ON THE FACE FABRIC OF THIS PILLOW – PLEASE ZOOM IN TO THE PHOTOS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
DESIGN TIPS: COMBINE WITH A SOLID OR LARGE-REPEAT PATTERNED PILLOW IN A NEUTRAL TONE OF BLACK, TAUPE OR IVORY. OR LEOPARD. leopard is always a winner.
DELIVERY: ALL ANSERAI PRODUCTS ARE DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE, USING A TRACKED DELIVERY SERVICE. WE AIM TO DISPATCH ALL IN STOCK ITEMS WITHIN 2 WORKING DAYS, PLEASE ALLOW A FURTHER 2-5 WORKING DAYS FOR DELIVERY. IF YOU’RE IN A HURRY PLEASE DROP US AN EMAIL {INFO@ANSERAI.COM} AND WE’LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO!
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