Nankeen Cloth, Anyone...?

Was browsing through as usual when I came across this website. Afar.

Click on it.

Click. Afar (Collected by Kate Space New York) : Shanghai

Bam! Your guide to all interior, decoration & design in Shanghai.

First stop that got me attracted was this...

Photo source from LuRu website itself. Sorry if we use it without permission

Printed fabric pillows on a stone wall background?! Ever since we stayed here in Shanghai, I've been cray cray with this Chinese printed fabrics. Like the old meeting the new. So much characters & so eye-catching.

" Nankeen, also called Nankeen cloth, is a kind of pale yellowish cloth, originally made at Nanjing from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton which is then dyed. Also in the plural a piece or variety of this cloth.[1] The term blue nankeen describes hand-printed fabric of artistic refinement and primitive simplicity, which originated on the Silk Road over three thousand years ago.

Hand-carved stencils, originally made from wood but now from heavy paper, are prepared and a mix of soya bean flour and slaked lime is applied through the openings of the stencil onto the 100% cotton fabric. When dry, the fabric is then dipped numerous times into the large tubs containing the indigo dye. After the desired colour is achieved and the fabric has dried, the paste is scraped off, revealing the white patterns on the blue cloth. The fabric is then washed, dried, and ironed before fabrication."

- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Check out their website LuRu Home. I think these two smart & gorgeous ladies, who are the owners of this business, made this classic, traditional & artistic fabric making-method into a whole lot of modernism in it. WE LOVE IT! Below are pictures taken from their Instagram : LuRuHome