Four Squares Indigo Cushion

£130⁰⁰

A beautiful, practical indigo kasuri cushions with a subtle dark blue velvet piping and textured linen backing, marrying the best of Japan and England.

This simple geometric pattern could have come straight out of a woodblock print - the blurred edges of the lines, characteristic of the kasuri technique, soften the geometric pattern

Cotton and natural indigo cushion, complete with a feather and down pad (85/15%), linen backed (see our Care Guide)
100% Kasuri dyed cotton, from the Yamamura workshop in the famous town of Kurume, Kyūshū
Cushion covers and pads made in the UK

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Meet the Maker:

Yamamura Orimono

The Yamamura family were the last to still weave traditional 100% natural indigo cotton kasuri (ikat) on Kyushu island. This style of weaving was used to create everyday work clothes as well as some casual kimono, but now it is a dying art. Yamamura san does everything from processing the indigo, to dying the yarns, working out the pattern and weaving.

Indigo was traditionally used because it was believed to be a natural insect repellent. Kasuri weaving uses one yarn dyed into multiple colours to create the pattern, so the finished fabric is also thin and lightweight - perfect for the Japanese climate.

Unfortunately, now the Yamamura's have retired and we will no longer be able to find such a rich blue cottton.

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