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A traditional Margilan loom is 40 cm wide, and no nineteenth-century weaver needed more: robes, hangings and dowry cloths were pieced from strips, which is why the ikat robes in the Smithsonian and the V&A show seams every hand-span. Curtains are the modern exception. A 65 cm cloth makes a 130 cm-wide curtain from two strips and a single seam, a Roman blind for a standard window from one, a runner or a small tablecloth from one width, and a chair seat, an ottoman top or a headboard panel without piecing at all. Cotton is the right fibre for all of that — it hangs straight, takes a lining, and washes at 30 °C — which is why 33 of the 35 cloths here are cotton ikat.
Thirty-three pure cottons in the small and medium designs that suit a window — chevrons, pomegranates, feathers, leopard spots — two silk-cotton adras for anyone who wants the wider width in a dress, and the one 90 cm red. Repeats run 60 cm on the small designs and up to about 225 cm on the large ones; where we have measured a repeat it is on the product page, and for curtains you will want it, because two strips must be seamed at the repeat. The parent page explains the cloths; our curtain guide and upholstery post go into the projects.
For a pair of lined curtains 130 cm wide and 220 cm long, allow two strips per curtain plus one repeat for matching: usually 10–11 metres. A Roman blind, the drop plus 30 cm. A 45 cm cushion pair, one metre. Buy everything for one window in one order — each dyelot is a single warp, and a re-dye will not match across two panels. Pre-wash before cutting; care as for all cotton ikat, in how to wash ikat fabric. For a whole house, write to us with the windows and we will quote the bolt.
65 cm (25–26 in) is the widest ikat woven on a hand loom in Margilan; 34 of the 35 cloths in this Alesouk section are 65 cm and one is 90 cm. Standard Uzbek ikat is 40 cm wide.
Handwoven, every metre, on wide wooden frame looms in Abdulla's workshop in Margilan, Uzbekistan; the pattern is dyed into the warp before weaving and shows on the back of the cloth. Nothing here is printed.
Yes; that is what the 65 cm width was made for. Two strips seamed at the repeat give a 130 cm curtain, one width gives a Roman blind, and the cotton takes a lining and washes at 30 °C.
For a pair of curtains 130 cm wide and 220 cm long, about 10–11 metres including one repeat for pattern matching. Order it all at once, because each dyelot is one warp.
At Alesouk, cotton at 65 cm is $9–15 a metre and the two silk-cotton cloths are $19; one unit is one metre (1.09 yards), cut to order.
One cloth: a red cotton ikat at 90 cm, listed in this section. Everything else we weave is 40, 50 or 65 cm.
Yes, worldwide by tracked airmail from Bukhara, Uzbekistan, within 24 hours: USA 9–18 working days, Europe and the UK 8–16, elsewhere 10–20. Duties, where charged, are the buyer's.
