{"product_id":"home-couture","title":"Home Couture Fabric: Taj on Silk Taffeta - Custom Navy on Cream Silk","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaj on Silk Taffeta - Navy on Cream Silk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe boteh traveled west from Persia through Kashmir, shape-shifting as it went — flame, leaf, bent cypress, mango, eventually the teardrop paisley Victoria's mills cranked out by the mile. But before all that democratization, before Paisley, Scotland even existed as a textile center, the form appeared in Mughal court textiles and architectural ornament as something closer to what's printed here: an elongated flame that doubles as a highly ornate leaf, dense with interior pattern, formal enough for an emperor's garden pavilion. Taj's 24-inch repeat gives each boteh room to breathe — these aren't crammed Victorian shawl motifs but properly spaced architectural elements, hand-printed in navy on cream silk taffeta with the kind of scale that reads as deliberate from across a room. The pattern's formality comes from its Mughal ancestor's role as a paradise garden marker, each stylized flame-leaf indicating another corner of the eternal garden, another path through geometric perfection toward transcendence. On taffeta the print gains dimension through the fabric's natural crisp hand — the ground woven in Europe, then shipped to our New Jersey facility for hand screen-printing, an Atlantic crossing in reverse of the original Silk Road trajectory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNavy and cream is every 18th-century delftware tile, every archive botanical plate from the East India Company's sponsored expeditions, every formal receiving room where dark woodwork met pale plaster and both parties agreed to coexist without incident. Here it's navy ink on cream silk, which means the dark reads almost black in shadow but reveals its true blue undertone in direct light — the oscillation between black and blue that Persian miniature painters used for night skies and formal robes, the color that meant \"important\" before sumptuary laws sorted out who could wear what. Cream isn't white; it's the color of raw silk before the bleach vat, the natural ground that gives navy something warm to rest against instead of the cold contrast of pure white. Seven yards at outlet pricing covers a substantial headboard (think king-size upholstered panel), a pair of 24-inch Euro shams with generous seam allowances, and enough left over for a smaller accent pillow or a workroom to squeak out contrast welting. For a fabric this quietly commanding, that's a complete bedroom transformation for less than retail on a single yard of comparable weight silk from the usual suspects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"height: 117.563px;\" width=\"81\" height=\"29\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eSKU:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eHC1480S-03\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eColor:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eCustom Navy on Cream (Lot: WHS J39873 B)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eWidth:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e52\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eRepeat:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e24\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e100% Silk Taffeta\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eHandprinted in the USA on ground woven in Europe\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a very large scale pattern - please see second photo.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease note that colors may not represent accurately in photo. Additional photo(s) provided to show scale, not colorway. All sales are final, and we do not send cuttings for approval. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Home Couture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378064912426,"sku":"HC1480S-03","price":92.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0119\/5722\/files\/FullSizeRender.png?v=1779229772","url":"https:\/\/nydfo.myshopify.com\/products\/home-couture","provider":"New York Designer Fabric Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}