Delivered to your door, duties paid

We pay them before the parcel reaches you. Nothing to pay on arrival: no card through the door, no payment link, no collection from a depot. How delivery works.

Free UK delivery over £499

Delivery £75, or free on orders of £499 and over. Duties and taxes are paid either way. Orders join the week’s consignment, sealed in Malwa on Thursday evening, then 6 to 10 days to your door.

Made to the size of your wall

Every panel is made to your measurements. It starts at the full size of the piece, and you reduce the width or the drop to fit your wall. How to measure.

A house for the art of the Near East and Asia

Somewhere along the way, every bedroom turned beige.

White duvet, grey throw, one print above the bed: it photographs well and feels like nothing. In the houses of the Near East and Asia, beds and walls were dressed in cloth printed by hand. We bring that cloth to your door.

See the block prints How a room is dressed

Hand block-printed counterpanes, £399 for a pack of two, delivered to your door with the duties paid. Free UK delivery over £499.

Rajput Ragamala. Unknown artist

Printed by hand, one block at a time

Double counterpanes printed on cotton with carved wooden blocks, each with two pillowcases. Sold in packs of two, each counterpane with its pillowcases: £399 a pack.

The Paisley: rose and green boteh on white with a teal border, folded, with its pillowcases, on a dark ground.CounterpaneThe PaisleyCream, white or pale blue£399 · a pack of twoThe Chintz: soft pink and grey roses on white, folded, with its pillowcases, on a dark ground.CounterpaneThe ChintzPink and grey roses on white£399 · a pack of twoThe Wildflower: blue leaves and mustard-yellow flowers on white with a grey chevron border, folded, with its pillowcases, on a dark ground.CounterpaneThe WildflowerBlue leaves and yellow flowers, a grey border£399 · a pack of twoClose-up of The Dancers, navy: dancing figures and square panels in ochre, rose and white on navy cotton.CounterpaneThe DancersNavy, with ochre, rose and white figures£399 · a pack of twoThe Fernleaf, blue-grey florals on ivoryCounterpaneThe FernleafBlue-grey florals on ivory£399 · a pack of twoClose-up of The Cornflower: dense indigo and blue flowers on white with a striped blue border.CounterpaneThe CornflowerIndigo and blue flowers on white, a striped blue border£399 · a pack of two

See all 11 block prints

Mughal harem
Mughal harem. Unknown artist

The difference is cloth

Look at the rooms you save and the rooms you remember. The bed is dressed, the walls are dressed, pattern sits beside pattern. It is how the great houses of the Near East and Asia were furnished, and it is the one thing a quiet room is missing.

  1. On the bed

    A counterpane printed by hand, block by carved block, makes the plainest bed the reason people remember the room.

  2. On the wall

    A panel hung from a brass pole does what a painting does, and it is made to the size of your wall.

  3. Together

    Pattern beside pattern, colour against colour.

Delivered to your door

Duties and taxes are paid by us before the parcel reaches you. Nothing to pay on arrival.

Printed by hand

Every counterpane is printed with carved wooden blocks, one colour at a time.

24 hours to change your mind

Cancel within a day of paying, for any reason, and we refund you in full.

Photographs on request

Ask, and we send pictures of the piece itself before you buy. Contact us

No. 01. Cream, white or pale blue

The Paisley

The cypress boteh, printed by hand. England named it after a Scottish town.

£399 for a pack of two. Printed by hand on cotton with carved wooden blocks: double counterpanes, 275 × 275 cm, each with two pillowcases of 50 × 76 cm.

View the piece

No. 02. Navy, with ochre, rose and white figures

The Dancers

Figures caught mid-step, printed across white cotton. The most distinctive thing in the collection.

£399 for a pack of two. Printed by hand on cotton with carved wooden blocks: double counterpanes, 275 × 275 cm, each with two pillowcases of 50 × 76 cm.

View the piece
Mughal Troops Chase the Armies of Da’ud
Mughal Troops Chase the Armies of Da’udManohar Das
Riza Khudabanda Mirza with three other figures, 1605–1627
Riza Khudabanda Mirza with three other figures, 1605–1627Muhammad Nadir Samarqandi and Bishandas
Painted seal of the Mughal Emperor Awrangzib
Painted seal of the Mughal Emperor AwrangzibUnknown artist
Mughal harem
Mughal haremUnknown artist
The Wounding of Khan Kilan by a Rajput during his march, from the Akbarnama
The Wounding of Khan Kilan by a Rajput during his march, from the AkbarnamaComposition by Miskina, painted by Sarwan

From public collections, not for sale. Image credits

For the wall above the bed

Seven court medallion panels, each hung from a brass pole and made to the size of your wall.

The Indigo Medallion, deep navy, ivory and champagnePanelThe Indigo MedallionLapis and old gold£399The Garnet Medallion, near-black, ivory and rosePanelThe Garnet MedallionThe deepest colour we make£399The Olive Court, olive green, cream and blackPanelThe Olive CourtThe rarest ground in the collection£399The Winter Palace, worn ivory and charcoal, a brown rosettePanelThe Winter PalaceWorn on purpose£399The Rose Salon, ivory, soft grey and dusty rosePanelThe Rose SalonFrench taste, gone east and come home£399The Saffron Medallion, ochre, navy and creamPanelThe Saffron MedallionOchre and navy£399The Madder Medallion, deep maroon, ivory and grey-bluePanelThe Madder MedallionMadder red and ivory£399

Where the panels hang

Five walls, and a size to start from for each. Every panel is then made to your own measurements.

Behind the bed Where a headboard would be. The panel becomes the reason the room is the room. Suggested size: 5 × 7 ft Above the sofa The wall that usually gets a print a size too small for it. Suggested size: 4 × 6 ft The alcoves, as a pair Either side of the chimney breast, each cut to its alcove. Cut to each alcove Up the stairs A tall wall that is seen from every landing and never furnished. Suggested size: 5 × 7 ft In the hall Above a console, where it is the first thing anyone sees. Suggested size: 4 × 6 ft
A handwoven textile with a tasselled fringe, faded by the sun and still in use

Where the first collection is made

The panels are woven by households in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, then bound, finished and packed in our family workshop there.

  • Every piece is new and made to order. None is an antique, and we never describe one as such.
  • A cotton sleeve is sewn across the back of each panel, so a curtain pole carries it and nothing is nailed through the weaving.
  • If a piece arrives damaged or unlike its description, we refund or replace it, and you keep it.
About us
The best art has usually come from places of grief and violence. It is my personal mission to find that art and bring it to the world.
Ram Sharma, founder · Read the thesis
The Concourse of the Birds, folio 11r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)
The Concourse of the Birds, folio 11r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds). Painting by Habiballah of Sava

From the workshop to your door

  1. You choose

    A counterpane, a panel and the measurements of your wall. Ask, and we send photographs of the piece first.

  2. We make it

    Made to order after you pay, finished to your measurements, and sealed into the Thursday consignment.

  3. It comes to your door

    6 to 10 days by FedEx, with the duties and taxes already paid by us. Nothing to pay on arrival.

Before you order

Delivery, duties, sizes, hanging and cancellations.

All the questions
Will I have to pay anything when it arrives?

No. Duties and taxes are paid by us before the parcel reaches you. There is no card through the door, no payment link and no collection from a depot. What you pay at checkout is the whole amount.

How much is delivery?

Delivery to any UK address is £75, and free on orders of £499 or more. It is shown beside the price, in the basket and at checkout, and duties and taxes are paid by us either way.

How long does it take?

Each panel is cut to your measurements and its edge bound first, which can take up to two days. Orders then join the week’s consignment, which is sealed in Malwa on Thursday evening. Transit is then 6 to 10 days to any UK address.

Can you make it to the size of my wall?

Yes. Every panel is made to your measurements, up to 152 × 213 cm and at least 60 cm each way. On its page the size starts at the full piece; reduce the width or the drop to fit, and you pay for the smallest piece it can be cut from. Because it is made to your specification, once work begins it cannot be cancelled for a change of mind, so measure twice.

How does it hang?

A cotton sleeve is sewn across the back of the top edge and a curtain pole slides through it, so nothing is nailed through the weaving. A 28 mm wooden pole and a pair of brackets from any hardware shop will carry it. The size guide covers fixings for plasterboard, brick, and lath and plaster.

What if it does not suit the room?

You can cancel any order within 24 hours of paying, for any reason. After that, a panel is made to your measurements and cannot be cancelled for a change of mind. Counterpanes and other standard pieces keep your 14-day right to cancel after they arrive, and we collect them at our cost. If anything arrives damaged or unlike its description, we refund or replace it, and you keep it.

The Fortress of Dowlatabad in the Deccan

Be told first when a new ground comes off the loom.