Dreaming on a Cushion 

The cushion is a very ancient article of furniture; the inventories of the contents of palaces and great houses in the early Middle Ages constantly made mention of them.
Cushions were then often of great size, covered with leather, and firm enough to serve as a seat, but the steady tendency of all furniture has been to grow smaller with time.

Cushions were used as seats at all events in Ancient latin Europe and in the Spanish court they were still regarded as a peculiarly honourable substitute for a chair.
In France, the right to kneel upon a cushion in church behind the king was jealously guarded and strictly regulated.
This type of cushion was called a carreau, or squaer.
When seats were rude and hard, cushions may have been a necessity; they are now one of the minor luxuries of life.

This cushion in pure linen has a double flap and a handed embroidery inspired by a Mughal style design and we have named it "Akbar".
(RED HALO - Summer 2009).