Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. seamless repeating pattern tile for fabric by the yard.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. chenille armchair upholstery mockup.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. linen cotton window curtains mockup.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. measurement scale view for fabric by the yard.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. draped fabric fold preview.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. linen cotton blend swatch close-up.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. upholstery chenille swatch close-up.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. seamless repeating pattern tile for fabric by the yard.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. chenille armchair upholstery mockup.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. linen cotton window curtains mockup.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. measurement scale view for fabric by the yard.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. draped fabric fold preview.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. linen cotton blend swatch close-up.
Chintamani Tiger in indigo and dusty blue: triple-disc chintamani roundels above paired wave bands, translated from a 15th-century Bursa silk velvet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. upholstery chenille swatch close-up.

Chintamani Tiger, Indigo / Dusty Blue Fabric by the Yard

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Start with a sample. Tape the wallpaper to the wall, drape the fabric over the chair it's meant for, and see how the color and texture look in morning and evening light. Most decisions settle themselves within a few days.

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  • Production takes 5 to 10 business days
  • Transit takes 2 to 7 business days after your order ships
  • Most orders arrive 2 to 3 weeks after you place them

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  • Most orders arrive in 2 to 3 weeks

'Chintamani Tiger' begins in a fifteenth-century silk velvet woven on a Bursa loom. Translated from a loom-width fragment in The Metropolitan Museum of Art — one of several pieces cut from a single bolt, now scattered across several museums — the çintamani was carefully redrawn by hand to retain the character of the original, so a thousand-year-old emblem reads across a room.

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The Source

The shape is older than the cloth by six hundred years, and it began as a wish.

Çintamani is Sanskrit for a jewel that grants what you ask of it. In Buddhist art it sits as three flaming pearls in the headdress of a bodhisattva. By 1383 it is on coins struck at Samarkand — Timur had taken the three circles for his own badge, and what had been a jewel was now the mark of a conqueror. It kept moving. By the later fifteenth century it is in nearly every medium of Ottoman art, and it has changed species: Ottoman sources call it benekli, spotted, and pelengi, leopard-like. Walter Denny writes that the form gathered, alongside good luck and the warding off of evil spirits, a distinctly masculine aura — probably from the leopard-skin helmet and tiger-skin coat worn by Rustam, the hero of the Persian epic. The drawing never changed. The meaning kept turning into power.

Then it was woven into this. A full loom width of silk velvet, twenty-nine and a half inches with a selvedge on both edges, the pile dyed dark purple-red with expensive insect dye, the pattern brocaded in ivory silk wrapped with thin strips of silver. Probably cut from the back of a garment. Someone wore this.

That did not last. The silver tarnished to dark grey, so what hangs in Gallery 459 is darker than what came off the loom. The bolt was cut apart and sold in pieces — others are at the Textile Museum in Washington and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This piece reached Dikran Kelekian, a dealer in New York, who sold it to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1908.

The silver went dark and the bolt came apart. The shape did neither. It has been moving for a thousand years and it has never once depended on the cloth it was carried on.

The Specifications

  • Source: Fragmentary Silk Velvet with Repeating Tiger-stripe and 'Chintamani' Design, second half 15th century, Bursa, Turkey. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 08.109.23


The Fabric

Decor Chenille

A short, dense pile with a velvet-like surface on a firm woven ground. Fine striations catch the light as it moves across the room, deepening the color. Substantial weight keeps a clean line on upholstery and gives tailored drapery a decisive fall.

  • Composition: 100% polyester
  • Width: 56 in printable (57 in full)
  • Weight: 400 gsm
  • For: Upholstery, cushions, headboards, heavy drapery

Cotton Linen

A fine, even linen-cotton weave. Color prints cleanly while the woven surface remains visible, keeping solid grounds from going flat without softening fine linework. Light in the hand, it falls in narrow, supple folds and filters light rather than blocking it.

  • Composition: 55% linen, 45% cotton
  • Width: 54 in printable
  • Weight: 250 gsm
  • For: Upholstery, curtains, table linens, pillows


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Material Options

Linen-Cotton Blend

A structured blend of natural cotton and European linen fibers. Offering timeless elegance for curtains, pillows, table linens and other decor.

  • Composition: 55% Linen, 45% Cotton
  • Weight: 6.3 oz/yd² (215 gsm)
  • Printed Width: 54 inches

Upholstery Chenille

A supple chenille with a brushed, light-catching surface and a structured backing. Engineered for upholstery, cushions, and decor.

  • Composition: 100% Polyester
  • Weight: 11.8 oz/yd² (400 gsm)
  • Printed Width: 57 inches

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Documented Origins

Every pattern is translated from a documented source, from museum textiles to design books to a carved panel inside a castle, with its origins recorded for you to explore.

Translated by Human Artists

Line by line, our artists redraw each source by hand. The drawing stays true to the original, then is translated into colorways so you can choose the one that suits your room.

Satisfaction Guarantee

Every order is printed for you, and we want you to love it. Within sixty days of delivery, choose a reprint or return it for a refund, for any reason.