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Silk Throw Pillows, Cushion Covers & Table Runners: How to Choose & Style Them

Silk Throw Pillows, Cushion Covers & Table Runn...

Choose silk throw pillows, cushion covers, and table runners by three things: the weave (Banarasi, Tanchoi, Gyasar, or Ikat), the size (square 18 to 22 inches, or a 12 by...

Silk Throw Pillows, Cushion Covers & Table Runn...

Choose silk throw pillows, cushion covers, and table runners by three things: the weave (Banarasi, Tanchoi, Gyasar, or Ikat), the size (square 18 to 22 inches, or a 12 by...

luxury-host-hostess-gifts-the-considered-guide

Luxury Host & Hostess Gifts: The Considered Guide

The best host and hostess gifts are beautiful, useful objects the host would never buy themselves: hand-carved amethyst barware, Makrana marble serveware, or a handwoven silk table runner. Unlike wine...

Luxury Host & Hostess Gifts: The Considered Guide

The best host and hostess gifts are beautiful, useful objects the host would never buy themselves: hand-carved amethyst barware, Makrana marble serveware, or a handwoven silk table runner. Unlike wine...

Corporate Gifting That Doesn’t End Up in a Drawer

Corporate Gifting That Doesn’t End Up in a Drawer

Most corporate gifts are forgotten because they’re generic, logo-heavy, and identical to what every other company sends. A memorable corporate gift is the opposite: handcrafted, genuinely useful in the recipient’s...

Corporate Gifting That Doesn’t End Up in a Drawer

Most corporate gifts are forgotten because they’re generic, logo-heavy, and identical to what every other company sends. A memorable corporate gift is the opposite: handcrafted, genuinely useful in the recipient’s...

jewel-tone tanchoi silk cushion from Varanasi India showing colored-silk pattern

What Is Tanchoi Silk? The Reversible Banarasi W...

Tanchoi is a fine silk weave from Varanasi (Banaras), India, in which the pattern is built entirely from extra colored silk threads woven into a smooth satin ground — with...

What Is Tanchoi Silk? The Reversible Banarasi W...

Tanchoi is a fine silk weave from Varanasi (Banaras), India, in which the pattern is built entirely from extra colored silk threads woven into a smooth satin ground — with...

What Is Gyasar Silk? The Sacred Banarasi Brocade

What Is Gyasar Silk? The Sacred Banarasi Brocade

Gyasar is a heavy, ornate silk brocade handwoven in Varanasi (Banaras), India, in which gold metallic zari is used profusely across a rich ground, patterned with Tibetan and Buddhist motifs. It belongs...

What Is Gyasar Silk? The Sacred Banarasi Brocade

Gyasar is a heavy, ornate silk brocade handwoven in Varanasi (Banaras), India, in which gold metallic zari is used profusely across a rich ground, patterned with Tibetan and Buddhist motifs. It belongs...

handwoven Pochampally ikat silk cushion showing signature feathered pattern

What Is Ikat? The Tie-Dyed Weave, Explained

Ikat is a resist-dyeing technique in which the yarns are tie-dyed to a pattern before they are woven into cloth — so the design lives in the threads themselves, not printed on...

What Is Ikat? The Tie-Dyed Weave, Explained

Ikat is a resist-dyeing technique in which the yarns are tie-dyed to a pattern before they are woven into cloth — so the design lives in the threads themselves, not printed on...