{"product_id":"shyama-black-dotted-ahir-handloom-pillow-trade","title":"Shyama Black Dotted Ahir Handloom Pillow (Trade)","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 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.\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: Charcoal 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 a black ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQ: How can you tell a genuine hand-loomed Kankani pattern from a printed imitation? A:\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\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":50737304895725,"sku":"IMG_8397","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0288\/5256\/files\/IMG_8397_38732e6b-0661-40a3-8510-ee30c53773f9.jpg?v=1790201574","url":"https:\/\/de-cor.com\/products\/shyama-black-dotted-ahir-handloom-pillow-trade","provider":"DE-COR | Globally Inspired","version":"1.0","type":"link"}