Red Pure Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree, Wide Golden Yellow Zari Border | Nakshatra

A magenta-leaning red under a broad golden yellow border worked in metal.

Why this piece

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  Red with magenta in it — not a brick or a scarlet — a red pulled towards magenta, which is what keeps it vivid under indoor light.


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  A wide golden yellow border — the border runs broad and warm rather than thin, and it is the first thing anyone sees.


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  Weighed in-house — 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM, semi-sheer through the body, measured rather than described.

The colourway

A red with magenta in it stays bright where a brick red would go dull indoors, and a golden yellow border is warmer against it than a pale gold would be. White picked up in the banding keeps the two from sitting flat on each other.

How it is woven

Every piece is made end to end in Maheshwar, in the master-weaver households of Mominpura. A pit loom in Maheshwar, the weft going in by hand, and a dobby carrying the buti and the border. Nothing here is machine-woven. If you have been sent a powerloom piece before, this is the difference you can feel in the hand of the cloth.

Small irregularities in the weave come with the method — a slub, a slightly uneven pick. They are the fingerprint of a hand-inserted weft, not a fault in a finished piece.

The border, and how it wears

The border is a bugdi border: the woven border design reads the same on both faces. Turn the edge over at the fall and the figures come up the same way.

Weighed and published rather than described: 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM. The drape is soft from the first day and stays soft after cleaning, the pleats sit where you set them, and the semi-sheer body takes a petticoat underneath.

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 a magenta-leaning red, with a wide golden yellow border. 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	Red
Origin / Cluster	Maheshwar

This saree is made end to end in Maheshwar, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, on a pit loom with the weft inserted by hand. A dobby sets the small zari buta across the body and the work through the border. A wide border is more zari to lay in and more length over which the tension has to hold steady, and it is the part of the piece where a slack hand shows first. Red is also the ground with the longest history in this weave and the least forgiving: it has to be held even the whole way or the drape bands. What comes off the loom weighs 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM and keeps a deep pleat through a long evening. The border is bugdi — the woven border design reads the same on both faces — and the odd slub is the record of a hand-inserted weft.

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