Ruby Red Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree with Flower Buti Body & Golden Zari Border | Phulwari

A ruby red body, scattered sparsely with a small flower buti, carries a wide golden zari border down one edge and banded zari stripes across the pallu.

Specification

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  Total length: 6.3–6.5 m, including the attached blouse piece


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  Width: 45–46 inches


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  Blouse piece: 80–90 cm long, 45–46 inches wide, running, attached and included in the price


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  Weight: 350–360 g, measured in-house


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  GSM: 44–46, measured in-house


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  Body: semi-sheer — wear it over 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, weft inserted by hand


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  Patterning: dobby-set on body, border and pallu


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  Material: Maheshwari silk


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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

What arrives

An unstitched drape with a running blouse piece cut from the same cloth as the saree, attached to the drape and included in the price. Both are unstitched fabric rather than a made-up garment. It arrives finished: pallu tassels (kuchu) tied, selvedge and edges finished, and a pre-dispatch check completed on the piece before it leaves us. Fall, pico and edge finishing are not done before dispatch, but we do them on request.

How it is woven

It is woven on a pit loom, with the weft going in by hand pick by pick, and the buti and the border set on a dobby — body, border and pallu alike. Nothing we sell is machine-woven, and the weaver confirms it piece by piece. It is woven in Mominpura, the weavers' quarter of Maheshwar. The Handloom Mark is held for this cloth, with the registration on record. Small irregularities in the weave are the fingerprint of hand weaving and are present in these finished pieces.

The bugdi border

The border is a bugdi: the woven border design reads the same on both faces of the cloth. You can turn the edge over and see it for yourself.

How it feels and how it falls

At 350–360 g and 44–46 GSM, both measured here rather than taken from a supplier sheet, it is featherlight in the hand. The body is semi-sheer, so wear it over a petticoat. The drape is soft, holds its pleats through a long day, and does not stiffen or go limp after the first clean.

Wearing it

Made for festivals, festive evenings and formal occasions, and weddings and receptions where you are a guest.

Care and storage

1. Professional dry clean only. Home washing is not recommended.


2. Air-dry in the shade, without wringing.


3. Iron on low to medium heat, inside out, under a cotton press cloth.


4. Store wrapped in breathable cotton or muslin, in a cool dark cupboard.


5. Refold every 3–6 months so the same creases do not set.

Followed as written, this routine is also what looks after the zari border. The cloth is colour fast on wash and rub testing in our range.

Colour

Screens and lighting render colour differently, so the ruby red you see on this page may not be an exact match for the cloth in hand. If the shade you receive does not match, we will exchange it; the conditions are set out in the FAQ.

Dispatch and delivery

Held in stock rather than made to order. About half of all orders are dispatched the next working day and most within 2–3 days, with delivery in 3–7 days for most orders inside India.

In Mominpura, the weavers' quarter of Maheshwar, a pit loom sits sunk into the floor and the weaver works with her feet below the level of the cloth. The weft goes in by hand, pick by pick, and a dobby lifts the threads that set the small buti across the ruby red body and the banded design along the border and the pallu.

This is a bugdi border — the woven design reads the same on both faces. Turn the edge back at the pleats and the border still reads as it should. That property belongs to the border, and it is the detail a wearer notices first when the edge turns back.

We weigh these ourselves: 350–360 g, 44–46 GSM. That is what featherlight means in numbers rather than adjectives. Where the weave runs a little uneven, that is the hand at work rather than a fault in the cloth. The weaving runs in the family, taught at the loom rather than in a classroom.

Exchange: *Easy exchange is available within 3 days of receiving the product.
*No exchanges on home decor items.
*Unboxing video is required.

Return: *Only for damaged/wrong products.
*Unboxing video required.
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