Tuileries – silk velvet cushion in nutty brown

This embroidery design celebrates the beauty of bare branches budding with blossom and the long-awaited arrival of spring. The gold and brown hued tussar hand woven, hand dyed, silk background fabric is overlaid with the embroidery in browns, pinks, and soft olive silken threads, with soft pink velvet chenille (for the furry buds). Edged with a fine piping of matching golden brown tussar silk.

Dry clean only and avoid exposure to direct sunlight to avoid fading and deterioration to the fabric.

Tussar silk is produced from the larvae of several species of silkworms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea and these can be found living in wild forests, eating the leaves of the trees they live on. In India, Bhagalpur in Bihar is the traditional centre of tussar silk production with an estimated 30,000 handloom weavers and the Malda district, in West Bengal is also a significant producer. Tussar silk is more textured than cultivated ‘mulberry’ silk as it has shorter fibres.