Black, Green & Red Silk Ikat Fabric – Feathered Palmettes on Black

A black ground with green, red and cream palmettes feathering across it — a dark, rich cloth in the glossy seventy per cent silk blend; the black takes a low sheen and the green glows against it. 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: 70% silk, 30% cotton
• Width: 40 cm (16 in)
• Main colours: black ground; green; red; cream
• Design / motif: feathered palmettes on a black ground
• 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

An evening jacket or dress, a waistcoat, cushion fronts on cream or camel, a lampshade. Dark grounds show wear least. Pairs with the black-turquoise-cream (IF0468). 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. 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 tracked airmail: USA 9–18 working days, Europe and the UK 8–16, elsewhere 10–20.