Aboriginal Round Cushions 60cm Set of 4 Velvet Removable Covers

Four 60cm floor cushions carrying artworks by Billyara and Charlie Wicking

Set of 4. 60cm diameter each. Soft velvet polyester. Removable outer covers, machine washable cold. $100.00 the set - $25.00 a cushion.

Reading corners need seating that survives being sat on by thirty children a week and washed when it needs it. These do that. What makes them worth choosing over plain cushions is the artwork.

The covers come off. That is the specification that matters in a classroom. Cold machine wash, put it back on, carry on. A cushion you cannot wash lasts one term.

60cm is a proper floor cushion - a child sits on it cross-legged rather than perches. Four of them makes a corner.

The artists, and what we do not have

The artworks are by Billyara and Charlie Wicking, and the supplier describes them as authentic Indigenous artworks. That is the whole reason to buy these rather than plain cushions.

What the supplier has not given us is the story. There is no note saying which artwork is by which artist, what Country they are from, or what any of the four designs represent. For a resource sold to be talked about in classrooms, that is the missing piece - a teacher cannot introduce artwork they have not been told anything about. We have asked for it. Ask us before you order and we will tell you what came back.

The antimicrobial claim, stated as theirs

The supplier says the fabric carries an antimicrobial treatment that "can kill up to 99.9% of odour-causing bacteria" and inhibit dust mites, mould and mildew, and that its effect reduces with washing. That is their claim, not ours. They have not named the treatment or given us any test data, and we have not verified it. Buy these for the artwork and the washable covers; treat the antimicrobial line as a bonus you should not count on.

No age rating is published. They are cushions, so the practical answer is any age that sits on the floor.