Deep Blue Pure Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree, Wide Gold Zari Pallu | Nakshatra

A field of small gold buti on deep blue, closing in a wide gold pallu.

Why this piece

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  Blue and gold — the most direct pairing in this weave, and the one that carries furthest — gold on a deep blue ground is legible from across a room.


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  A wide pallu — the pallu runs broad and is banded horizontally in metal, with silver picked up between the gold.


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  Measured cloth — 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM, semi-sheer body, soft drape that holds its pleats.

The colourway

Deep blue is the ground that makes gold most legible, and here the buti are small and spread widely enough that the body reads as a field rather than as a pattern. The silver worked in with the gold at the pallu keeps the metal from going uniform.

How it is woven

The Handloom Mark is held on record against these pieces. Woven on a pit loom with the weft inserted by hand. The buti scattered over the body and the figures in the border are dobby-set on the loom itself, on body, border and pallu.

Where the weave runs a little uneven, that is the hand at the loom rather than a defect. Every piece still goes through a pre-dispatch check before it is packed.

The border, and how it wears

This is a bugdi border, which means the woven border design reads the same on both faces — something you can check with your own hands when the piece arrives.

350 to 360 g of cloth at 44 to 46 GSM. It falls close to the body, takes a deep pleat and keeps it, and reads semi-sheer through the body — a petticoat is part of wearing it.

Specification

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  Total length: 6.3–6.5 m, including an 80–90 cm blouse piece


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  Width: 45–46 inches


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  Weight: 350–360 g, measured in-house


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  Fabric weight: 44–46 GSM


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  Body: semi-sheer; wear it with a petticoat


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  Drape: soft, holds its pleats, and stays soft after the first clean


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  Loom: pit loom, with the weft inserted by hand


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  Patterning: dobby-set, on body, border and pallu


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  Finishing: pallu kuchu, selvedge and edges finished; fall and pico on request


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  Woven in: Maheshwar, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh


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  Country of origin: India


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  Net quantity: one saree with attached blouse piece


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  Care: Dry Clean Only

Care and storage

1. Professional dry clean only. Home washing is not recommended.


2. Air-dry in the shade, without wringing.


3. Iron inside out on a low-to-medium setting, under a cotton press cloth.


4. Store it wrapped in breathable cotton or muslin, in a cool dark cupboard.


5. Refold along fresh lines every three to six months.

Dispatch

This piece is held in stock rather than made to order, so hand weaving does not put you in a queue. About half of all orders leave the next day, most go within two to three days, and most orders inside India arrive in three to seven days.

A note on colour

This piece is deep blue through the body, with a wide gold pallu. Screens, camera settings and the light a photograph was taken in all move a shade a little, so the piece that reaches you may sit slightly away from the image on this page. Every colour in this range has been tested for fastness on wash and rub.

Product details

Country of origin: India. Net quantity: one saree with attached blouse piece. Care: Dry Clean Only.

Fabric / Material	Maheshwari Silk
Craft / Technique	Handloom Weaving, Buti Weaving
Colour	Blue
Origin / Cluster	Maheshwar

It comes off a loom in Mominpura, the weaving quarter inside Maheshwar. The loom is a pit loom, the weft goes in by hand, and a dobby holds the small buti across the body and the bands through the pallu. Blue is the ground weavers here reach for when the zari is meant to be the subject, and a wide pallu means a great deal of metal laid in over a span where the tension must not slacken. Silver worked in beside the gold is a second thread to manage and a second chance to get the banding wrong. The finished cloth weighs 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM, so a pallu this heavily worked still sits light. Its border is bugdi, the woven design reading the same on both faces, and the small unevennesses of a hand-inserted weft are left in.

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