{"product_id":"neelam-blue-dotted-ahir-handloom-pillow","title":"Neelam Blue Dotted Ahir Handloom Pillow","description":"\u003cp\u003eWoven 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 vivid, electric turquoise 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEra: Vintage, estimated mid 20th century\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Gujarat, Western India (Mashru tradition, Kankani dot-weave pattern, Anjar\/Kutch)\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: Silk warp \/ cotton weft; fuchsia contrast piping\u003cbr\u003eSize: 19\"(W) x 19\"(H)\u003cbr\u003eColor: Electric turquoise ground, fine white micro-dot pattern, fuchsia piping\u003cbr\u003eFill: Down-blend insert included\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Vintage courtesy of hand-woven irregularities and natural creasing; wear consistent with age, no structural concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA hand-loomed Mashru silk-and-cotton pillow from Gujarat, India, in the traditional Kankani micro-dot pattern on a vivid turquoise ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQ: Why is the turquoise in this collection so saturated compared to older, more muted antique textiles? A:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vivid, colorfast turquoise like this typically points to synthetic dyes that became standard across Gujarati weaving workshops from the 1930s onward, still hand-loomed with all the slubs and tension irregularities of pit-loom production, just dyed with more stable, saturated color than earlier vegetable dyes allowed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e**Please bear in mind that colors of products shown may vary slightly from their original color due to monitor display settings or photography studio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DE-COR | Globally Inspired","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50737405853933,"sku":"IMG_8469","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0288\/5256\/files\/IMG_8469_0e90ddbb-05e4-4b8f-908b-4d8db9412410.jpg?v=1790205363","url":"https:\/\/de-cor.com\/products\/neelam-blue-dotted-ahir-handloom-pillow","provider":"DE-COR | Globally Inspired","version":"1.0","type":"link"}