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Heritage Beach Towel

Heritage Beach Towel

Handwoven in Ethiopia, this collection celebrates the beauty of traditional Ethiopian weaving through a refined palette of natural, earthy colours and traditional patterns.

The geometric, intricate motifs created directly on the loom as well as the hand-spun cotton threads give the towels a beautiful sense of texture.

Crafted from buttery-soft, hand-spun Ethiopian cotton and woven on traditional Ethiopian looms, the towels are lightweight, absorbent and fast-drying. Their flat weave makes them wonderfully versatile – use them as a beach or bath towel or lightweight throw.

Finished with distinctive twisted fringes, each piece is handmade and carries the subtle irregularities that make handwoven textiles special. 

Fair trade certified.
They make a lovely match with the corresponding two-tone hand towels.

Material: 100% cotton
Size: 95 x 180cm

€75,00
€75,00
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Color: Teal
Two teal and white striped woven towels draped over a metal folding rack in an outdoor patio setting with white stucco walls and greenery.
Heritage Beach Towel
€75,00
€75,00
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Who made it?

The artisans behind your product

Our partner

A fair-trade certified collective of 250 artisans in Addis Abeba is working around the various tasks of weaving products: from sourcing the locally-grown cotton, spinning it by hand, to weaving and adding the finishing stitches to it. The woman-led social enterprise pioneers an impactful movement to revive Ethiopian Heritage crafts.

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Noble raw materials

The cotton is grown in Ethiopia and locally sourced, ensuring a low carbon footprint. With over 100 spinners working from home, the work allows mothers to generate a much-needed income.

A close-up of a person's hands spinning white thread on a wooden spindle, wearing a pink and red plaid shirt.

Soft threads

Depending on the woman who spun the thread, it will be a little thinner or thicker and give your product that softness and human touch, which has long disappeared in our marketplaces, even from premium or luxury brands.

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Warp & Weft

All the looms are operated fully manually (also involving the feet!). While typical ethiopian weavers would work on 2-harness looms creating flat weaves, some of our partners' weavers work with 4 or 8 harness looms, meaning they craft with 8 feet peddles! There are so many innovative weaving techniques and patterns - the artisans are involved in developing and creating new collections.