{"id":2340,"date":"2011-09-20T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/interior-design\/cushions\/unique-felt-cushions-from-the-mountains-of-heaven"},"modified":"2011-09-20T08:24:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T08:24:47","slug":"unique-felt-cushions-from-the-mountains-of-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/interior-design\/cushions\/unique-felt-cushions-from-the-mountains-of-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique Felt Cushions From The Mountains of Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/images\/feltrugs\/cushions.jpg\" class=\"right\" alt=\" Unique Felt Cushions From The Mountains of Heaven\" \/>The Nomadic peoples of the remote Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan are renowned for creating brightly coloured wool rugs for over two and a half thousand years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Known as Shyrdaks<\/strong>, the rugs have a tough flattened felt base sewn with striking geometric patterns and are available from the Felt Rug Company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Felt also supplies Shyrdak cushions<\/strong>&#8230; offered in a vivid array of colours and patterns, they make brilliant unique gifts and provide superb d\u00c3\u00a9cor pieces, suitable for both traditional and contemporary interiors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The felt shapes, which symbolize the birds, animals, mountains and rivers that are part of the nomads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives, are stitched together with hand-spun twine and embellished with a hand-woven braid, made from the same indigenous wool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Felt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cushions and floor cushions are available in the latest colours including hot brights and subtle neutrals, or can be commissioned to order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Each cushion contains an ultra comfortable extra-stuffed duck feather cushion pad. The tribal women cut each set of geometric shapes from a single sheet of felt, creating a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpositive and negative\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, and therefore part of a mirror-image pair (but can be bought separately).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Backed with linen or felt, Shyrdak cushions measure 50cm square and are priced at \u00c2\u00a3120 each. Naturally, the cushions look great teamed with Felt rugs!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To view the Felt collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feltrugs.co.uk\/accessories\/\" title=\"Felt Rugs\">unique Shydrak rugs and cushions<\/a>, please visit the website, or you can view by appointment at Felt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s London showroom in SW12.<\/p>\n<p>Tel:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (020) 8772 0358<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nomadic peoples of the remote Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan are renowned for creating brightly coloured wool rugs for over two and a half thousand years. Known as Shyrdaks, the rugs have a tough flattened felt base sewn with striking geometric patterns and are available from the Felt Rug Company. Felt also supplies Shyrdak cushions&#8230; offered in a vivid array of colours and patterns, they make brilliant unique gifts and provide superb d\u00c3\u00a9cor pieces, suitable for both traditional and contemporary interiors. The felt shapes, which symbolize the birds, animals, mountains and rivers that are part of the nomads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/interior-design\/cushions\/unique-felt-cushions-from-the-mountains-of-heaven\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[247,304],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}