Rama Green Pure Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree, Meena Buti & Gold Zari Border | Nakshatra

A deep rama green, blue-leaning and unbroken, held between wide gold zari borders.

Why this piece

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  Rama green — the blue-leaning green the trade calls rama — a deep teal rather than a grass or a bottle green.


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  One colour, all over — no contrast panel; the buti repeat across the whole body and the borders do the work of framing it.


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  Featherlight — 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM, weighed in-house, semi-sheer through the body.

The colourway

Rama green sits between green and blue and changes its mind depending on the light, which is what makes it more interesting than either. Gold against it is the oldest and safest pairing in this weave, and with the ground kept undivided the borders are what you notice.

How it is woven

Master weaver Aafreen wove it. Pit-loom weaving, with the weft put in by hand pick after pick. The small buti and the border figures are dobby-set rather than applied afterwards, which is why the pattern sits in the cloth rather than on it. The Handloom Mark is held on record for these pieces.

Expect the small unevennesses that hand weaving leaves behind. They are evidence of how the cloth was made, and the piece is checked and finished before it leaves us either way.

The border, and how it wears

The border is woven bugdi: its design reads the same on both faces of the cloth. It is the detail in this weave most worth turning over and looking at.

At 350 to 360 g and 44 to 46 GSM, this is a featherlight drape rather than a heavy one. It pleats deeply and holds the pleats, and it does not stiffen or go slack after the first clean. The body is semi-sheer and wants a petticoat under 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 a deep rama green teal, bordered in gold zari. 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	Buti Weaving
Colour	Green
Origin / Cluster	Jaipur

There is a weaving quarter inside Maheshwar called Mominpura, and this saree came off a pit loom there. The loom is sunk into the floor; the weaver works with the treadles below and the cloth building in front. Every pick of weft goes in by hand, and a dobby carries the meena buti so that it repeats evenly over the whole body. Rama green is a mixed colour and mixed colours are the ones that drift: hold it a shade too blue at one end of six metres and the drape will show it. Against it the wide gold borders are laid in as the cloth is built rather than added afterwards. The finished saree weighs 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM. The border is bugdi, its woven design reading the same on both faces, and the slubs a hand-inserted weft leaves behind are left where they fall.

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