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Ikat Fabric for UpholsteryAs seen in Country Living
This ikat fabric is perfect fabric for upholstery, curtains, bedding, pillows, drapes, slipcovers & other decorative home decor.
Dimensions: 54" wide, upholstery weight Ikat fabric
100% cotton Ikat fabric.
Ikat Brown, Red and Blue: vertical repeat - 13.5" horizontal repeat 6.75"
See also our Suzani fabric.
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The History of Ikat Fabric:
Ikat is an ancient way of dying fabrics. To simplify things, picture the fabric being bound and certain areas made to resist the dyes, not unlike what we call tie-dye today.
Modern day American decorators love Ikat. But actually Ikat, (pronounced Eekat) has been popular in America since colonial times when New World explorers brought back artifacts and unusual new materials and methods of production from Europe.
The Europeans brought Ikat from The Far East. The World has been pretty flat when it comes to textiles for a long time. |  |
| Did you know that decorator Nancy Lancaster, known for her English firm Colfax and Fowler, was originally from Virginia from a family that was impoverished after the ravages of the Civil War? Luckily, the Virginians aspired to an English country look which often was a worn old money look, not requiring fresh upholstery and brand new furnishings. When decorating, Nancy cultivated that look. Nancy used a lot of blue and white but was never shy of color so red ikat fabric would probably have worked for her as well as blue Ikat fabric. Our Ikat fabric has a "lived with forever look" and a history too. Read more about the history of Ikat fabric on our Blue Ikat fabric page. |  |
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