Kashmir Handcrafts’ line of decorative, embroidered accent pillows is pure art in chain-stitch. Browsing the cushions category of the Kashmir
Handcrafts website is like browsing an art gallery. These embroidered cushion covers are a 15th century handcraft finely honed into
contemporary art. The designs of the pillow
covers are a mixture of art across the centuries worked into the finest Kashmiri craftsmanship the world has to
offer.
The floral designs take ancient motifs and translate them
into modern art. From traditional motifs like lotuses and the tree of life to
fanciful flowers perceived only in the imagination, modern Kashmiri artisans
have created refreshing modern works interpreted in the palette of colored
silks and wool. You see water lilies on royal ponds, hidden gardens, and wild
nature portrayed in heart-stopping color and sheen. Flowers have always
conveyed deep meaning to people throughout the ages, and these artistic
representations, interpreted into art for accent
cushions, have much to say.
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A brilliant artistic niche among the pillow covers is the gallery of designs inspired by abstract
artists Gustav Klimt, Wassily Kandinsky
and Joan (Juan) Miró. Baudelaire told us, "Modern art -- that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration
towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.”To
combine the jewel-like color and aspiration towards the infinite with the
immensely fine crewel-work known as chain-stitch
is to produce a work of decadent utility--lush works of art handcrafted into Embroidered Pillows.
A third niche is the pillow
covers inspired by Native American tribal
art. As rich in symbolism as they are in color, these cushions can create a focal point in your décor that will raise the
very vibrations of the room, the home, in which they are displayed.
Soft Kashmir
(cashmere) wool is produced in an eco-friendly manner in a cottage industry
and turned into an all-natural throw
pillow by chain-stitching 100%
wool onto 100% cotton backing. Chain-stitch
embroidery is a finer form of crewelwork. Much of the wool in the modern
floral designs is stitched with an aari (ari), a hooked needle which creates a deeper,
more rustic-looking texture. Many of the cushion
covers are stitched in art silk
(rayon) which gives a light-catching sheen to the background of the design. All
of the thread used in these creative accent
pillows is hand-dyed. Soft to the touch and crisply bright and bold to the
eye, these decorative pillows can be used with virtually any type of
furnishings.
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This cottage industry
employs whole villages and enables them to keep a nearly
lost art alive. These mountain handcrafters
are trained their whole lives in this art which is purchased fair trade by Kashmir Fine Arts and
Crafts.
The services you will never forget are none other than the
kasmirhandcrafts which will deliver Decorative pillows, Embroidered Shawls, Silk
Rugs and Handcrafted Jewelry items to your doorsteps directly from Kashmir.
They have beautiful range of Embroidered
Floral Pillows, Embroidered accent Pillows, silk
rugs and other Decorative Pillows.
