Beige & Maroon Warli Printed Kashmiri Silk Saree | Manzar

A two-tone beige drape carries a dense maroon Warli print of figures and trees throughout.

Why this piece

• Opaque and light — a measured 50 GSM, so nothing shows through the beige ground.
• Consistent print — the maroon reads clean against the beige because every piece is printed to the same repeat.
• Maroon worked border — a wide maroon border and end-panel stacked with horizontal rows of tribal figures and geometric patterns, the feature that sets this drape apart from the ones beside it.

The print

The design is a two-tone all-over Warli-style print of figures, animals and geometric trees. It is printed digitally in Bangalore by a specialist print studio, with the same repeat used on every piece, so the colour and pattern arrive as drawn.

The border

The maroon border is the signature here — wide, and stacked with horizontal rows of tribal figures and geometric shapes rather than left plain, and matched by an end-panel in the same treatment. It gives a simple two-tone scheme real weight at the edges.

The drape

It is soft and smooth with a fluid, lightweight fall — 6.2 to 6.3 metres in total at 44 to 45 inches wide, made up of a 5.5 metre drape and a 0.8 metre (80 cm) running blouse piece continuous with it. The whole thing weighs about 425 grams, so it carries easily through a long day.

Every colourway sits at the same.

Wearing it

Its light weight, matte surface and easy fall suit daily wear and daytime festive occasions. The restrained beige-and-maroon pairing carries from an ordinary day to a daytime function without shifting register, so one drape covers both.

Colour hues may vary slightly from the images because of different screens and displays.

Details

• Design: warli-style figurative print, with a wide maroon border and end-panel stacked with horizontal rows of tribal figures and geometric patterns.
• Saree length: 6.2 to 6.3 m in total (a 5.5 m drape plus a 0.8 m blouse piece).
• Width: 44 to 45 inches.
• Blouse piece: 80 cm running blouse piece, continuous with the drape and included.
• Weight: about 425 g in total.
• Fabric weight: a measured 50 GSM, lightweight and opaque.
• Care: Dry clean it before the first wash. After that, a gentle cold hand wash with a mild detergent is fine — do not machine wash and do not wring it. Dry the saree flat or hang it in the shade without folding, and iron it inside out on low to medium heat under a cotton press cloth.
• Made in: India (produced in Bangalore).
• Collection: Manzar