“Serenity” teal, black and cream hand painted lacquer jewelry box

UzbekAlive owes its beginning to hand painted lacquer boxes made of papier-mâché .

The inspiration came around 2000 from Koshib Omonov, Uzbek artist of lacquer painting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The first version of UzbekAlive website was entirely devoted to lacquer hand painted boxes. Slowly we expanded into ikat fabrics, ikat pillow covers, silk scarves and other cultural treasures Uzbekistan offers.

Over the years these jewelry boxes have touched many hearts around the world. We have customers who ordered such hand painted jewelry boxes as gifts for their bridesmaids – an artist customized jewelry boxes by writing names of a newlywed couple on the backside of a lid. People in love used our jewelry boxes to propose to their loved ones. Fathers bought our jewelry boxes for their teenage daughters as their first jewelry box. Whatever the occasion these jewelry boxes win hearts with their beauty and intricate details of painting and make unique and unforgettable gifts.

Art by Koshib Omonov is also presented in Hand Painted Barrettes category.

Abundance boudoir ikat pillow cover (solid back)

SKU IP044
$20.00
In stock: 4 available
Product Details
Fiber content: Approximately 60% silk and 40% cotton blend fabrics
Care instructions: Hand wash in cold water or dry clean
Dimension (inches): 16"x12"
Dimension (cm): 41cm x 31cm

Front side - ikat fabric, back side - solid handwoven fabric with a moire pattern

Boudoir size ikat pillow cover for which we used different fabrics on both sides.

One side is handwoven cotton and silk blend ikat fabric in a very intricate ikat pattern. For the reverse side we used also handwoven but mustard yellow solid cotton/silk blend fabric with a gorgeous moire pattern.

Using different fabrics for different sides of pillow covers is a wonderful technique. From decoration perspective this gives you sort of 2 pillow covers. When you need a pattern you can display ikat side. When you want to calm down your interiors, just turn the pillow around and have the solid side face the room.

Each pillow cover closes with a hidden zipper on a side. You can see this detain on a photo.

Decorating with boudoir ikat pillows

Boudoir ikat pillow covers are designed with a purely decorative purpose in mind. They are little decor objects which can totally transform a space. It is with these small accents like handwoven ikat pillow covers we add "spice" and interest to interiors. Interiors become even more interesting when objects have history. Our ikat pillow covers certainly come with a lot of artisanal history.

Ikat pillow covers and sustainability

Everything is relative and in today's world to be 100% sustainable is a true achievement. We can state that our ikat pillow covers are 100% sustainable but they are certainly ahead of the game compared to the rest of the textile and fashion industries.

- Cotton is locally grown in Uzbekistan.


- Silk is locally cultivated.


- These are artisanal hand woven products, hence, there is no machinery involved in producing these fabrics.


- Dyes used these days are mainly synthetic although fabrics dyed with natural dyes are also very common.


Ikat pillow inserts

All our ikat pillow covers fit standard size 12"x16" pillow inserts available in the USA. Please note that we ship only ikat pillow cover, without an insert.

Payment

We use secure PayPal for all payments.

Shipping

Our standard shipping method is International Registered Air Mail which has proven to be reliable and economic. If you need something faster or by a certain date, please let us know so we can ship with private carriers like DHL, Fedex or Aramex.


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