Blue and Rose Cotton Lumbar Ikat Cushion Cover

Blue and rose wings open either side of a charcoal centre on a white ground. Three dyes on a cotton warp, which takes colour less willingly than silk, so the shades stay matt rather than glowing.

Product details

• Product type: lumbar ikat cushion cover — cover only, insert not included
• Composition: 100% cotton
• Both faces are cut from the same ikat, so the cover is reversible
• Size: 36 × 58 cm (14 × 23 in); takes a 36 × 58 cm lumbar insert
• Closure: concealed zip in the side seam
• Main colours: blue, dusty rose, charcoal, white
• Motif: paired wing forms
• Care: Machine wash on a gentle cycle at 30 °C with the insert out, or hand wash; dry in the shade; iron on the reverse
• Origin: cloth handwoven in Margilan, cover sewn in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Where it goes

It works on a cream, grey or navy sofa, and stands up to daily use in a family room. See the rest of the lumbar cushion covers, or the square ikat pillow covers in the same cloth.

How this ikat is made

The pattern is tied and dyed into the warp threads before a single row is woven — abrbandi, the cloud-binding. Every soft edge on this cover is the dye finding its way past a tie, which is why no two lumbar covers off the same bolt are identical. The cloth is handwoven in Margilan, in the Fergana Valley; the cover is cut and sewn in our own workshop in Bukhara.

Sewn 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. Custom sizes take 2–3 working days.