Dark Red and Orange Bicolour Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree with Flower Buti Pallu | Adaa

Handwoven in Maheshwar, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh. Dark red body cut clean across into an orange pallu.

Specification

• Total length: 6.3–6.5 m, including the attached 80–90 cm blouse piece
• Width: 45–46 inches
• Weight: 350–360 g, measured in-house
• Fabric weight: 44–46 GSM
• Body: semi-sheer; wear with a petticoat
• Drape: soft, holds its pleats, and stays soft after the first clean
• Weave: handwoven on a pit loom, weft inserted by hand
• Patterning: dobby-set flower buti on body, border and pallu
• Woven in: Maheshwar, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh
• Country of origin: India
• Net quantity: one saree with attached blouse piece
• Care: Dry Clean Only

What you receive

An unstitched drape, with an unstitched blouse piece attached to the saree and included in the price. Fall and pico are not done as standard, but both are available on request.

How it is woven

Hand weaving here means a pit loom and a weft inserted by hand. The dobby carries the flower buti and the border pattern across body, border and pallu. No part of the cloth is machine-woven. The Handloom Mark is on record against these pieces. Each piece is checked before it leaves us; kuchu, selvedge and edges are already finished.

The border

Bugdi border: the woven design in the border reads the same on both of its faces. The design is a double design border, two parallel border designs worked together in golden zari, with flower buti repeating across body and pallu.

Colour

Every colour in this range is fast on wash and on rub. What can vary is your screen: displays render shade differently, so the saree in hand may read a little differently from the photograph.

Care and storage

Care is Dry Clean Only. In sequence:

1. Professional dry clean only.
2. Air-dry in the shade. Never wring the cloth.
3. Iron inside out on a low to medium setting, under a cotton press cloth.
4. Store wrapped in breathable cotton or muslin, in a cool dark cupboard.
5. Refold every three to six months.

Dispatch

Nothing here is woven to order. Stock dispatch means about half of all orders leave the next day and most within two to three days, with delivery in three to seven days for most Indian addresses. You will find small irregularities in the cloth. They are characteristic of hand weaving and are present in every finished piece.