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

A dark green body divided cleanly from a red pallu, with gold worked through both.

Why this piece

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  Green and red, held apart — the traditional pairing, kept from going festive-obvious by taking the green deep rather than bright.


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  Dobby-set buti — small figures repeating across the body and worked closer through the pallu, set on the loom as the cloth is woven.


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  Weighed here — 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM, published because nobody else in this category will.

The colourway

Green and red is the oldest pairing there is, and it works here because the green is taken deep enough to hold its own. The colour block between body and pallu is left clean, so the two read as a decision rather than an accident.

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

It comes off a loom in Mominpura, the weaving quarter inside Maheshwar, in Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh. The loom is a pit loom, sunk into the floor, and the weft goes in by hand pick after pick while a dobby carries the buti across the body and the figures through the border. Deep green and red in one cloth is a pairing weavers here have been setting for a long time, and the difficulty is keeping the division between them absolutely clean over the width of the drape. What comes off the loom weighs 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM, holds a deep pleat and does not stiffen after the first clean. The border is bugdi, so its woven design reads the same on both faces. A hand-inserted weft leaves the odd slub behind, and it stays in as the part no machine reproduces.

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