The same paired almond, here in taupe on cream — one colour at two strengths, and the quietest of the three colourways. Read quickly it is a heart; read slowly it is the badom, the almond Uzbek weavers have used as a sign of plenty for centuries.
Product details
- Product type: lumbar ikat cushion cover — cover only, insert not included
- Composition: handwoven silk-cotton ikat
- 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: taupe, greige, cream
- Motif: central paired almond, read as a heart
- Care: Hand wash in cool water with the insert out, or dry-clean; do not wring; dry flat in the shade; iron on the reverse while slightly damp
- Origin: cloth handwoven in Margilan, cover sewn in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Where it goes
It goes into a finished neutral room without changing it, and pairs with the turquoise and periwinkle versions. 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.














