Hunza valley embroidery
Grey-Green Cushion Cover with Concentric Diamond Medallion
Cushions
A soft grey-green ground holds concentric diamonds, a small red centre within cream and olive bands scattered with clover-like and cross motifs, all framed by a rust-red diamond outline. The cross and clover forms in the corners recall the Urki itsu wolf's-foot and floral motifs of Hunza embroidery. Stitched in the manner of silk cross stitch on a woven ground, its faded, restful tones make a gentle, heritage-toned accent cushion.
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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