Earthy Brown Mandala Blockprint Katan Silk Suit | Chaupar

White and golden circles ring an earthy dark brown ground.

Why this piece

• Long geometric border panels of diamonds and triangles frame the plain brown, a placed layout rather than an all-over repeat.


• Stamped by hand in Bhagalpur from hand-carved wooden blocks, never screen or machine printed.


• Light on the shoulder at 600 to 650 g for all three pieces together.

The medallions

Circular mandala-like motifs in white and golden yellow sit at intervals across a dark brown ground, each one placed rather than repeated edge to edge. Long vertical border panels of diamonds and triangles run alongside them and give the set its architecture.

Styling

Brown is the underused shade for office wear and it flatters warm skin tones especially well. Gold or brass jewellery echoes the yellow in the medallions, and asking your tailor to run the geometric border panel down the kurta placket makes the most of the placed layout.

The details

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  Top: 2.5 metres, 44 to 45 inches wide


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  Bottom: 2.5 metres, 44 to 45 inches wide


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  Dupatta: 2.5 metres, 35 to 36 inches wide


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  Weight: 600 to 650 g for the top, bottom and dupatta together


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  Stitching: up to 4XL for a straight kurta set, with the length customisable for larger sizes


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  Lining: optional, as the fabric is opaque and needs none


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  Care: dry clean the first wash, then a gentle cold hand wash


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  Craft: hand block printed in Bhagalpur with hand-carved wooden blocks


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  Dispatch: printed by hand, and still dispatched the next working day


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  Collection: Chaupar
  

Because every impression is stamped by hand, small shifts in the print are part of the piece, not a fault in it.

Circular blocks are the hardest to register, since any drift shows immediately in a curve. The Bhagalpur artisans who print this brown Katan silk place each medallion by hand and then build the diamond and triangle borders around them. Every impression is placed by hand, so the small shifts where two blocks meet are the artisan's signature rather than a fault.

Exchange: *Easy exchange is available within 3 days of receiving the product.
*No exchanges on home decor items.
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Return: *Only for damaged/wrong products.
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Learn More

1. Will the white and gold motifs bleed into the brown?
No. The fabric is colour-fast and does not bleed on the first wash, so lighter areas of the print stay clean.

2. How can I tell the print is genuinely hand done?
Look closely at the repeats. Every motif is stamped from a hand-carved wooden block, so the register shifts a little and no two impressions land identically. A screen or machine print gives a flat, perfectly uniform repeat; this one does not.

3. Is there enough fabric for a larger size?
Yes. With 2.5 metres on every piece it stitches up to 4XL for a straight kurta set, and the length can be customised for larger sizes.

4. Does it need a lining?
No. The fabric is opaque, so it can be stitched unlined. A lining is purely optional, added only to elevate the look.

5. Can I exchange it if I do not like the shade?
Yes. If you do not love the shade or the quality when it arrives, an exchange is available.