Anor Living selects the highest-quality hand-woven and hand-dyed fabrics from the finest artisans in Uzbekistan to make our beautiful silk ikat cushions. In Uzbekistan, the Ikat technique is called Abrband, and it produces a distinctive vibrancy of colour and design. Explore our curated collection.
These stunning Ikat cushions are made from hand-woven and hand-dyed silk velvet fabric, known in Uzbekistan as Bakhmal. It is a velvet fabric with a silk pile, based on a silk and cotton background that feels as luxurious as it looks. Explore the collection.
A Suzani is a large, hand-embroidered textile panel. The term “Suzani” derives from the Farsi word for needle and needlework "suzanikari". Embroidery has long since become a part of the Uzbek people’s lifestyle and one of the brightest and most expressive traditional arts. The wide popularity of embroidered items is associated with their being the core element of any dowry. Being one of the key parts of a wedding ceremony, Suzani items were not mere decorations. The things themselves, as well as their ornamental patterns, were considered to have magical powers and contain coded knowledge and beliefs that contributed to the continuity of the family line and the young people’s health and prosperity. Flowers and stars played the key role in the Suzani ornamentation.
Vintage Suzani Cushions are individually handcrafted from hand-embroidered vintage Suzanis from Samarkand. The suzanis were traditionally created as beautiful, handcrafted dowry pieces that the women in a family laboriously created together and presented to the bride on her wedding day. The designs are rooted in ancient beliefs, and the motifs have magical meanings that are believed to drive away evil spirits. In sourcing the vintage fabrics for these cushions, the artisans select the highest quality pieces in order to create these beautiful cushions.
