Red & White Silk Ikat Fabric – Feathered Polka Dot, High-Silk

Red dots in offset rows on white, each drawn out into a feathered teardrop — the glossier seventy per cent silk sister of our adras red polka dot (CF0599). Two colours, easy to place. 40 cm wide.

Product details

• Product type: handwoven ikat fabric, sold by the metre
• Origin: Margilan, Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan
• Weaving technique: warp ikat — the threads are tie-dyed before weaving; handloom, no power looms
• Composition: 70% silk, 30% cotton
• Width: 40 cm (16 in)
• Main colours: white ground; red
• Design / motif: feathered polka dots in offset rows
• Sold by: the metre — one unit is 1 m (1.09 yd), cut in one continuous length from 1 m up
• Condition: new, uncut from the bolt
• Care: hand wash at 30 °C with a mild detergent, no wringing, dry in the shade, iron on the reverse; or dry-clean

Suitable uses

A summer dress or a child’s dress, kitchen blinds, cushion fronts, a picnic runner. Pairs with the raspberry polka dots (IF0495, IF0472). More cloths of this kind are under Silk Ikats.

Handmade note

Handwoven on a wooden loom, so expect what the loom leaves: motif edges that feather where the warp shifted, a hairline of colour variation along the length, and a selvedge that is not perfectly straight. The pattern is dyed into the thread, not printed on it, and shows on both faces — the test described in our handwoven versus printed ikat guide. Colours differ slightly between dyelots, so order the full length you need at once.

Cut to order and dispatched from Bukhara within 24 hours by tracked airmail: USA 9–18 working days, Europe and the UK 8–16, elsewhere 10–20.