Product Care

We heart hand made —  in a world where we’re all trying to live a bit more honestly, artisanal products strike a chord–and they are made all the more beautiful by their long and reassuring legacy.

All our cotton is preshrunk and stitched with longevity in mind.  We cannot know this for certain with vintage products, such as a kantha, but if they’ve lasted this long we feel confident they are here to stay.  We recommend the following steps to ensure your shenouk purchases are well preserved for years to come.

Table linen — Machine wash on cold, line dry.  Machine drying is possible but may cause colour fade over time for which we cannot claim responsibility. For best results, dry clean.

Linen table linen dry clean only.

Tea Towels — Machine wash cold, line dry.  Machine drying is possible but may cause colour fade over time for which we cannot claim responsibility.

Quilts/Pique bedcovers — Dry cleaning is strongly recommended to preserve the colour, stitching and internal natural cotton fill.

Duvet Covers — Given hand-stitching (particularly on those duvets with ladder stitching), dry cleaning is strongly recommended.

Kantha — Most kantha should be suitable for machine washing on cold and line drying.  However, given the vintage aspect involved in kantha, in combination with hand stitching, dry cleaning is recommended.  Should you opt to machine wash/dry, we do not claim responsibility for any changes. 

Cushion covers — Hand spot clean and line dry.  For best results, dry clean.

As with any product, handmade or otherwise, products may fade slightly in colour over time.  Our base materials, cotton and linen included, are treated and pre-shrunk but a small degree of shrinkage may, on occasion, occur.  Our quilts & coverlets are filled with natural cotton which can react adversely to water soaking; this is not a defect but a natural characteristic of natural cotton.  Block printing is a hand craft, executed by talented and skilled artisans, and small imperfections may occur.