{"title":"From Romney Manor","description":"\u003cp\u003eRomney Manor sits above Old Road, under a saman tree more than four hundred years old, its branches reaching across half an acre. In 1834 the estate freed the people it had enslaved, the first on St Kitts to do so, ahead of the British order. Caribelle has hand-waxed batik here since 1975. This shelf is what they make under that tree.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"caribelle-silk-scarf","title":"Caribelle Batik Silk Scarf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHand-waxed sea island cotton, dyed in indigo and brazilwood under a 400-year-old saman tree.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Romney Manor the cold wax is drawn freehand by women who have made this scarf for thirty years. The colour is indigo and brazilwood, no synthetic dye, finished outside on the saman tree where the cloth catches whatever wind comes that morning. The wedding gift, the mother-of-the-bride gift, the gift for the elder who left and came back.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caribelle Batik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249467642028,"sku":"GFT-CARIBELLE-0001","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"caribelle-folding-fan","title":"Caribelle Batik Folding Fan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHand-waxed sea island cotton on bamboo. Snaps open and shut.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA panel of hand-waxed cotton stretched over a bamboo skeleton, the way an old fan should open and close. Each panel is its own small batik, so no two fans match. The summer gift, the wedding-day gift, the one that lives in a bag.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caribelle Batik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249468002476,"sku":"GFT-CARIBELLE-0002","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"caribelle-tea-towel-pair","title":"Caribelle Batik Tea Towel Pair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA matched pair of cotton tea towels, each one its own small batik.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand-waxed at Romney Manor, each towel a different pattern from the workshop's running repertoire. Soft enough to dry a glass, structured enough to wrap a loaf. The housewarming gift, the kitchen gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caribelle Batik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249468395692,"sku":"GFT-CARIBELLE-0003","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"caribelle-makeup-pouch","title":"Caribelle Batik Makeup Pouch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmall zipped pouch in batik cloth. The bag inside the bag.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaribelle's most everyday piece: a cotton-lined zipped pouch with a wax-drawn outer panel that carries the soft shifts of colour batik makes as the cloth dries in the open. For makeup, for chargers, for the small things that go loose. The stocking-stuffer, the colleague gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caribelle Batik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249468756140,"sku":"GFT-CARIBELLE-0004","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"caribelle-wall-hanging","title":"Caribelle Batik Wall Hanging (Small)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHand-waxed cotton panel on a wooden rod. Signed by the woman who drew it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe workshop's most direct way of selling the drawn line: a small batiked panel on a rod that hangs from one nail. Each is signed by the hand that waxed it, the name on a tag at the back. The housewarming gift, the piece for the diaspora wall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caribelle Batik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249469182124,"sku":"GFT-CARIBELLE-0005","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"exp-caribelle-batik-tour","title":"Caribelle Batik Back-of-House Tour (Romney Manor)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe wax studio, the indigo vats, the workshop floor. And a piece you draw yourself, under a 400-year-old saman tree.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaribelle Batik has dyed cloth at Romney Manor for forty years, under the same four-hundred-year-old saman tree the day visitors photograph from the lawn. The back-of-house tour goes through the wax studio, the indigo and brazilwood vats, the drying lines, and the workshop floor where the women who have been drawing wax freehand for three decades will let you try a small piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout 75 minutes. One small batik square to take home. Closed-toe shoes for the dye floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/lime\/batik-at-romney-manor\"\u003eRead: Batik at Romney Manor →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caribelle Batik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249476685996,"sku":"EXP-CARIBELLE-0001","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/belly.ful.kn\/collections\/from-romney-manor.oembed","provider":"Bellyful","version":"1.0","type":"link"}