Taupe & Terracotta Cotton Ikat Fabric – Zigzag, 65 cm

Fine zigzags in taupe grey and terracotta, feathered at the turns, running the length of a cream cotton woven on a wide 65 cm loom — enough width to cover a seat or a cushion without a join.

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: 100% cotton
• Width: 65 cm (26 in)
• Main colours: cream ground; taupe grey; terracotta
• Design / motif: fine zigzag in close vertical bands
• 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 or gentle machine wash at 30 °C, dry in the shade, iron on the reverse while slightly damp

Suitable uses

Chair seats and stools, headboards, curtains and blinds, larger cushions, upholstered ottomans. The extra width saves a seam on most seat pads. More cloths of this kind are under Wide Ikats 65 cm.

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. Colours differ slightly between dyelots, so order the full length you need at once. Washing and pressing are covered in how to wash ikat fabric.

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.