{"product_id":"rasa-black-dotted-ahir-handloom-pillow","title":"Rasa Black 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 black 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: Black ground, fine white micro-dot pattern, fuchsia piping\u003cbr\u003eFill: Custom down-blend insert \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 black.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQ: How is the Kankani dot effect actually woven into the cloth? A:\u003c\/strong\u003e It's created through precise warp-float patterning on the pit loom, small, controlled interruptions in the weave structure that produce the repeating dot, rather than a supplementary thread laid on top of a finished ground.\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":50737381474541,"sku":"IMG_8452","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0288\/5256\/files\/IMG_8452_6f56ea7d-cb06-4c36-9e98-e34bb6f30cb0.jpg?v=1790204027","url":"https:\/\/de-cor.com\/products\/rasa-black-dotted-ahir-handloom-pillow","provider":"DE-COR | Globally Inspired","version":"1.0","type":"link"}