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Aubusson Pillows

    Aubusson~ Aubusson is a town in France long reknown for their intricate flat hand weaving. King Louis XIV in the 1660's liked the work they did so well that he gave them a Royal commission and bought 2,100 of these tapestries. Many of these were destroyed during the French Revolution. Ove the centuries, the word Aubusson has fallen into the public domain and is used for any similar decorative flat woven tapestry. (kind of like 'Kleenex' or Band-Aids and 'Denim' blue jeans which are no longer made from fabric woven 'd'Nimes')All of these 'Aubusson Pillows' are imported from China. Of course China has it's own rich fabric related culture. Eager to satisfy western tastes, factories in southern China have geared up to provide workspace for talented hand weavers to produce aubusson-style flat weave tapestry for wall hangings and woven pillows such as you find at ThrowMeAPillow.com.
Recently when the US ecomony took a dip, wholesale orders from Importers dropped off for these handcrafted items. This slow down caused many talented workers to move into the garment industry in Shanghai. Of course this was not a real down-turn, since people with these tastes still want such quality home decor items; but the loss of talented manpower is not so easy to rectify.
In the past, Importers allowed a three month lead time from order to delivery. With the loss in talented hand weavers, three month lead times have stretched to six months. Importers and retailers are in shock and are 'two stepping' to try to regain a steady flow of these heirloom quality Aubusson pillows.
Meantime ThrowMeAPillow has added Importers so as to spread the risk of stock shortages over more warehouses and we have increased our local stock by 200%. Browse over 150 wool aubusson woven pillows with confidence at ThrowMeAPillow.com!