Grey, Yellow & Cream Silk Ikat Fabric – Large Feathered Medallions

Grey and mustard-yellow medallions, each the size of a hand and feathered at the edge, on a cream ground — a muted, grown-up palette that sits with oak and linen. The old listing sold it as upholstery; a half-silk adras belongs on a window or a body. 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: 50% silk, 50% cotton
• Width: 40 cm (16 in)
• Main colours: cream ground; grey; mustard yellow
• Design / motif: large feathered medallions, muted
• 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

Curtains and blinds, a bedhead panel, cushion fronts on cream or charcoal, a jacket. For seats choose our cotton ikat. Pairs with the taupe tone-on-tone (IF0441). 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 Uzbekiston Pochtasi tracked airmail: USA 9–18 working days, Europe and the UK 8–16, elsewhere 10–20.