Red Pure Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree, Green Zari Pallu, Buta Body | Jugnu

A red body running into a large green pallu carrying broad bands of gold.

Why this piece

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  Red into green — the same traditional pair as its sister piece, reversed — here the red is the ground and the green closes the drape.


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  A large pallu — the green section runs long, with extensive gold worked across it in a wide transverse panel.


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  Light in the hand — 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM, semi-sheer, measured on our own scales.

The colourway

Red as a ground and green at the pallu is the classical order of this pairing, and it reads differently from the reverse: the drape stays warm the whole way and the green arrives as an event at the end of it.

How it is woven

The Handloom Mark is held on record against these pieces. 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.

A hand-inserted weft leaves marks of itself — the odd slub or a pick that sits a fraction differently. That is the weave telling you what it is.

The border, and how it wears

A bugdi border, so the woven border design reads the same on both faces — a craft signature you can see for yourself rather than take on trust.

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 red through the body, with a large green 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
Colour	Red, Green
Origin / Cluster	Maheshwar

The Handloom Mark is held on record for these pieces, and behind the record is a pit loom in Maheshwar with a weaver putting the weft in by hand. A dobby carries the buti across the red body and sets the figures in the border and through the green pallu. The pallu here runs long, which means more zari to lay in and more length over which the tension has to stay even — the part of the work that shows only if it fails. The finished cloth is 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM, soft from the first day and still soft after cleaning. Its border is bugdi: the woven border design reads the same on both faces, so the edge is finished whichever way it turns. The slubs a hand-inserted weft leaves behind stay in the cloth.

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