Woven in Gujarat, western India, from antique Mashru, the traditional silk-warp, cotton-weft cloth prized for its lustrous face and cool cotton hand. This piece carries Kankani, the traditional micro-dot weave pattern most closely associated with Anjar, Kutch, in a rich black ground finished with contrast fuchsia piping. Viewed up close, the tiny woven dots reveal the handloom's fine, deliberate patterning; from a distance, they read as a softly textured solid.

Era: Vintage, estimated mid 20th century
Origin: Gujarat, Western India (Mashru tradition, Kankani dot-weave pattern, Anjar/Kutch)
Material: Silk warp / cotton weft; fuchsia contrast piping
Size: 19"(W) x 19"(H)
Color: Charcoal black ground, fine white micro-dot pattern, fuchsia piping
Fill: Custom down-blend insert 
Condition: Vintage courtesy of hand-woven irregularities and natural creasing; wear consistent with age, no structural concerns.

A hand-loomed Mashru silk-and-cotton pillow from Gujarat, India, in the traditional Kankani micro-dot pattern on a black ground.

Q: How can you tell a genuine hand-loomed Kankani pattern from a printed imitation? A: On a genuine piece the dots are woven into the structure of the cloth, not printed on top, so they show the same slight surface texture and sheen as the rest of the silk face, and won't sit flat or glossy the way a printed dot would.

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