{"product_id":"ikat-lampshade-silk-red-blue","title":"Ikat Pleated Lampshade · Silk · Red \u0026 Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA pleated lampshade cut from silk ikat woven using abrbandi, the UNESCO-listed Intangible Cultural Heritage resist-dyeing technique where the yarns carry the design before the cloth is woven on a traditional eight-pedal loom, yielding a blurred, migrating pattern in red, blue and ivory. Hand-pleated onto the frame, the fabric's soft-edged motifs catch the light differently at every fold.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Craft.\u003c\/strong\u003e The pattern on this lampshade begins with abrbandi – the resist-dyeing technique behind Uzbek silk ikat. From abr (cloud), abrbandi is said to have been born when a master dyer, watching clouds break apart on the surface of still water, tried to bind that fractured, drifting edge into thread. Before weaving, sections of silk thread are bound tightly by hand with fibre that resists dye. Where the binding holds, the thread stays undyed; where it doesn't, colour penetrates. Once the bindings are removed and the thread dyed, the pattern already exists in the yarn – it only becomes visible once the threads are stretched and woven on the loom. The woven cloth was flawlessly pleated by hand around the shade's frame in Romania, following the technique that became so popular in Europe during the 60s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Heritage. \u003c\/strong\u003eSilk has moved through the oasis cities of now Uzbekistan for the better part of two thousand years. Legend holds that the first cocoons reached the Fergana Valley hidden inside the hollow staves of travelling monks, smuggled out of a China that fiercely guarded the secret of silk. By the tenth century, Margilan was already written of as a city of silk, and its weavers were sending khan-atlas – a shot silk prized for the way its colours shift with the light – down the caravan routes to Baghdad, Kashgar, Egypt and beyond. The prestigious ikat fabrics became fashionable in the 19th century, when the designs turned vibrant and elaborate, and new weave structures, like satin and velvet, were introduced. In 2017 UNESCO inscribed Uzbekistan's abr silk-making on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Maker.\u003c\/strong\u003e Made by artisans in Margilan, Uzbekistan. Ikat production is rarely the work of one named artisan – a length of cloth passes through binders, dyers and weavers in turn, each a specialist in a single stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Handmade in Uzbekistan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53779018416394,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/1013\/1978\/files\/IKATSilkLampshadeRedandBlue01.jpg?v=1790530392","url":"https:\/\/omagoshop.eu\/products\/ikat-lampshade-silk-red-blue","provider":"OMAĜO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}