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Tiger Cushion Covers
A tiger cushion cover sets the animal at eye level on a sofa, an armchair or a bed, close enough for every whisker and stripe to show. The covers in this collection show the tiger in many styles: close-up portraits that fill the whole front, photographs of tigers at rest, a tattoo-style tiger facing a dragon, black and white line drawings, and a tiger made of tropical leaves and flowers. Each one is a cover made to slip over a cushion insert, so the same cushion can change its look with the seasons.
Close-up portraits on a tiger cushion cover
Many designs give the whole front to a single face. The White Tiger Cushion with Jade Look is a close-up of a white tiger, its black stripes and fine fur rendered in detail, a pink nose at the center and pale green eyes that explain the jade in its name. Close-ups like this one keep their impact on a square cover because the face fills it from edge to edge.
The Tiger Pillowcase Green Rest takes a photographic approach: an orange tiger lying on bright green grass, looking back over its shoulder, with leafy plants behind. It is the one cover in the collection with a choice of size, S at 30x30cm or M at 45x45cm. Another photographic cover frames a tiger in profile against black, with every whisker sharp.
Tattoo art, folk art and line drawing
Several covers draw on older graphic traditions. The Tiger and Dragon Cushion Cover borrows from Japanese tattoo art: an orange tiger and a red dragon square up among red peonies and black swirling clouds, while a red sun sends out rays from the upper corner, all on a beige ground with a woven look. The Cartoon Tiger Cushion Cover sets a single roaring head in profile on a deep teal-blue ground, with yellow eyes, open jaws and bold outlines in the spirit of vintage tattoo flash. Elsewhere, a crouching tiger with a toothy grin and green brows, on a black panel framed by beige bands, brings the look of East Asian folk painting.
In black and white, the Geometric Tiger Cushion Cover draws a front-facing tiger head on a white ground, its face filled with dots, leaf shapes and ornamental bands, the kind of pattern within a pattern found in mandala and zentangle drawing. Among the brighter prints it is the graphic, monochrome note.
Backgrounds that set the tone
The ground behind the tiger changes a cover as much as the tiger itself. Several designs sit on a beige ground with a woven look, which softens bright colors and gives the prints the feel of a sketch on canvas. One of them builds a whole tiger head from tropical leaves in greens and blues, crowned with orange and yellow blooms, with a pink flower beneath the chin. Black grounds make white fur and whiskers stand out sharply, deep blue gives a white cub a night-time glow, and a teal ground pushes the orange of a tattoo-style tiger forward. Pure white keeps line art crisp.
White, black and orange tigers
Color is the quickest way to sort the range. White tigers appear often, as close-ups and as a cub with pale butterflies against a deep blue ground. Black and white designs run from fine pen-style drawings to a grayscale tiger head emerging from a black background. Full-color covers go from the orange and black of a classic tiger to a tiger built from green leaves, pink flowers and splashes of yellow.
In the wild, tigers are orange with black stripes, and the white tiger is a rare color form caused by a recessive gene rather than a separate species. Our article on what color is the tiger explains the coat colors that occur, and why.
The tiger and the dragon in tradition
The pairing on the Tiger and Dragon Cushion Cover is an old one. In Chinese tradition the tiger, creature of the west, and the dragon, creature of the east, stand for opposite forces held in balance, and the two often share the frame in painting and carving. Feng shui gives the tiger a protective role in the home, and people who follow the practice sometimes choose tiger images for that reason. Our article on the tiger in feng shui sets out what the tradition says about the animal and its place in a house.
Cushions, blankets and rugs together
A cushion rarely stands alone on a sofa. A tiger blanket carries the same animal across a seat or the end of a bed, with white tiger fleece throws, tiger stripes, a galaxy blue design and cartoon tigers for children among the range. Lower down, a tiger rug can echo a cover or answer it, with Tibetan-style tigers on green or blue grounds, a round vintage portrait and cartoon tigers cut to shape. All three belong to our tiger decor collection, along with lamps, statues, wall stickers and tapestries.
Cushion cover details
Which sizes are available?
The Tiger Pillowcase Green Rest comes in S, 30x30cm, and M, 45x45cm. The other covers are offered in one size each, shown on their product pages.
Is there a cover for a child's room?
The white tiger cub with butterflies on deep blue is among the gentlest images in the range, and a few titles name cubs and children, while the Cartoon Tiger Cushion Cover gives a bolder, roaring tiger.
Are the tigers painted or photographed?
Both. The Tiger Pillowcase Green Rest and the profile tiger on black are photographs, while the Tiger and Dragon Cushion Cover, the Cartoon Tiger Cushion Cover and the Geometric Tiger Cushion Cover are drawn designs.
From a jade-eyed white tiger to a tiger and a dragon locked in a standoff, every tiger cushion cover here gives a sofa or a bed a face that looks back.