Ivory and Rust Vintage Pattern Block-Printed Cushion Cover

A pattern pressed onto cotton using carved wooden blocks carries something that digital printing cannot replicate: the slight give of the block at the edge of each motif, the ink pooling fractionally at the line's terminus. This ivory and rust cover is hand-block printed in Sanganer, outside Jaipur, Rajasthan, a town whose artisans have been working in this tradition for three centuries.

Ivory and rust is one of those combinations that asks very little of the room it enters, it reads warm without being insistent, vintage without being decorative in a way that requires explanation. This cushion cover is hand-block printed in Sanganer, outside Jaipur, Rajasthan, using carved wooden blocks on pure cotton. The pattern is repetitive in structure and irregular in execution, which is the nature of the technique.

The cotton is unlined, which means the cover breathes in warm rooms and does not create the slight friction that synthetic-backed covers do. It works on sofas, armchairs, beds. The ivory lightens in direct sun over time; the rust deepens slightly with each wash. Both of those changes are honest ones.

Hand Block-Printed · Pure Cotton · Sanganer, Rajasthan · Vintage Pattern

Care Instructions

• Machine wash cold, gentle cycle.
• Remove cushion insert before washing.
• Wash separately for first two washes.
• Do not bleach. Line dry or tumble dry low.
• Iron on medium while slightly damp.