Hunza craft for the home
Turned-Wood Armchair in Caucasian-Style Kilim
Furniture
A light, turned-wood open armchair with spindle detailing, dressed in back and seat cushions upholstered in a boldly woven flatweave. The textile shows a Caucasian-flavoured vocabulary: a central stepped medallion and serrated diamonds in burnt orange, framed by rows of starbursts, rosettes and leafy palmettes against deep teal-blue, with ivory and gold accents. The graphic blue-and-rust geometry against the mellow honey timber gives the piece a confident, folk-art presence, set off here by a striped flatweave rug.
The tradition
Hunza craft for the home
These one-off furniture pieces are dressed in handwoven Hunza textiles, marrying the workshop's weaving and embroidery with simple, functional forms. They are made occasionally rather than as a line, so each is effectively unique.
The interest lies in the textile: the same naturally dyed wool and silk used in the carpets is applied to a piece that lives in everyday use.
Motifs & meaning
Reading the design
Furniture textiles use the workshop's familiar woven and embroidered motifs.
Geometric weave
Flat-woven diamonds and bands from the soumak vocabulary.
Hunza embroidery
Ibex-horn and floral forms drawn from the valley's caps.
Natural-dye palette
Madder, indigo and walnut tones that age gracefully.
Materials & technique
How it is made
A functional frame upholstered or dressed with handspun, naturally dyed Hunza textiles — woven or embroidered by the workshop's artisans.
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