Hunza valley embroidery
Deep Brown Cushion Cover with Red and Gold Star Lattice
Cushions
Against a deep maroon-brown ground, a grid of radiating star medallions alternates red and golden-tan, each crossed by an X and rimmed with serrated rays. The starburst motifs evoke the angular geometry of Hunza heritage forms, in the spirit of Turangkish ibex-horn and stepped diamond patterns. Worked in the manner of erāghi cross stitch in silk, the dark ground and glowing motifs lend a quietly dramatic note to a chair or bench.
The tradition
Hunza valley embroidery
Embroidery is the secret weapon behind Hunza Carpet, and the cushion covers are where it is most intimate. The tradition grows out of the pillbox caps that Hunza women embroidered for their own use, worked with Chinese silk that arrived over the passes on Silk Route caravans.
Today educated women artisans embroider cushion covers with the same fine silk-thread stitches, reviving old cap-and-veil designs alongside new compositions for the home.
Motifs & meaning
Reading the design
Cushion designs draw directly on the names and meanings recorded in Hunza's embroidery tradition.
Turangkish
Ibex horns — the emblem of the Karakoram's wild goat.
Tamuts
The snow leopard, elusive guardian of the high mountains.
Urki itsu
A wolf's foot, a protective tracking motif.
Kishtimuts
A boat, recalling travel and the crossing of waters.
Materials & technique
How it is made
Hand-embroidered in real silk thread using Hunza's traditional stitches — erāghi cross and roll stitch, qalmi long-and-short floral work — on a woven ground.
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