Guangzhou Silk Lumbar Pillow

A school of fish swims in a zigzag, with acanthus leaves keeping watch from either side.

This Guangzhou silk lumbar pillow is cotton and velvet. Guangzhou is a long-established center of Chinese silk production, and fish are a common Chinese motif, often tied to abundance. Ten large fish with golden scales and orange fins swim in two rows, divided by a jagged maroon channel. Tall blue-green acanthus leaves curl up on the left and right, with curling waves at the base. A maroon velvet piping edges the cushion. It is 20 inches wide and 12 long.

It makes a very quiet sort of aquarium.