Sage Green & White Silk Ikat Fabric – Feathered Chevron

A two-colour cloth, which is rare in Uzbek ikat: a soft grey-green ground crossed by rows of white chevrons whose points blur into the ground the way only a warp-dyed pattern can. There is nothing loud in it, and that is its use — it takes a plain linen or a dark velvet beside it and looks better for the company. Adras, half silk and half cotton, with a low sheen and enough body for a summer dress.

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: 42 cm (17 in)
• Pattern repeat: about 225 cm
• Main colours: sage green; white
• Design / motif: feathered chevron stripes, two-tone
• 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

Shirt-dresses and shift dresses, a lined kimono jacket, cushion fronts against oatmeal linen, a table runner. Pieces easily because the stripe is horizontal. 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.