{"id":929,"date":"2010-10-23T09:50:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T14:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hickoryfurniture.blogs.eprevue.net\/?p=929"},"modified":"2010-10-23T09:50:22","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T14:50:22","slug":"trend-watch-adding-a-tribal-element-to-your-furniture-upholstery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/trend-watch-adding-a-tribal-element-to-your-furniture-upholstery\/","title":{"rendered":"Trend Watch: Adding A Tribal Element To Your Furniture Upholstery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-meta\">Last Updated Saturday, October 23, 2010<\/div> <p>The interior design market has been flooded lately with Ikat and Suzani textiles. \u00a0Traci Zeller showed us a lot of different examples from the<a href=\"\/blog\/high-point-market-report-from-traci-zeller\/\"> Fall High Point Market<\/a> These exquisite ethnic designs can be found on bedding, upholstered furniture, even dishware.\u00a0 But what exactly is an Ikat or Suzani?<\/p>\n<h2>Ikat<\/h2>\n<p>Ikat is a dyeing method that is believed to have originated in Central and South America many centuries ago, but many cultures throughout the world have their own Ikat traditions. It is a dyeing method used to create an abstract design on fabric.\u00a0 In fact, the word Ikat translates to \u201cbind\u201d or \u201ctie\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The process is similar to the more familiar tie-dye method from the seventies.\u00a0 A piece of cloth is tied in several places and dipped in dye.\u00a0 Once it dries and the ties are removed a pattern emerges based on where the ties were placed.\u00a0 While tie-dye produced many abstract designs, Ikat has a more geometric look.\u00a0 Patterns that mimic flames, diamonds and other geometric forms are common.<\/p>\n<h2>Suzani<\/h2>\n<p>Suzanis originated in Central Asia and are, basically, an embroidered piece of cloth that is similar to our quilts in that they often tell a story or feature a theme in their design.\u00a0 The word suzani means \u201cneedle\u201d in the Persian language.\u00a0 The most common motifs are circles, the sun and moon, flowers, vines, leaves and, sometimes small animals and fish.\u00a0 Just as some American quilts reference specific cultures i.e. the Amish, the suzanis reflect the designs of specific tribes.<\/p>\n<p>Antique suzanis and Ikat fabrics are rare and expensive but today\u2019s fabric manufacturers have captured the color and texture found in both of these textiles.\u00a0 Add a colorful chair to your living room arrangement or bring warmth and pattern to an all neutral bedroom through the use of these historically inspired fabrics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated Saturday, October 23, 2010 The interior design market has been flooded lately with Ikat and Suzani textiles. \u00a0Traci Zeller showed us a lot of different examples from the Fall High Point Market These exquisite ethnic designs can be found on bedding, upholstered furniture, even dishware.\u00a0 But what exactly is an Ikat or Suzani? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,94],"tags":[19],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}