Crimson Red Pure Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree, Black Zari Pallu | Sangam

A crimson red body stopped cleanly by a black pallu worked in gold and yellow.

Why this piece

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  Crimson against black — the most direct reading of this design — a saturated red ground and a pallu that stops it dead.


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  Yellow among the gold — the larger figures across the black carry yellow alongside the metal, so the panel has colour in it rather than metal alone.


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  Featherlight — 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM, weighed in our own workroom rather than guessed at from the look of the cloth.

The colourway

Crimson is red at its most saturated, and black is the only pallu colour that can stop it without arguing with it. The yellow worked into the figures there is what keeps the black section from reading as a flat block at the end of the drape.

How it is woven

Every piece is made end to end in Maheshwar, in the master-weaver households of Mominpura. This is hand weaving in the plain sense of it: a pit loom, a weft inserted by hand, and a dobby setting the buti across the body and the figures in the border. The pattern is built as the cloth is built, not printed on later.

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.

The figures are ours, measured in-house: 350 to 360 g, 44 to 46 GSM. Light enough for warm weather and long wear, soft enough to pleat closely, and semi-sheer through the body, so wear it over a petticoat.

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 crimson red, with a black 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
Origin / Cluster	Maheshwar

It comes off a loom in Mominpura, the weaving quarter inside Maheshwar. Pit loom, weft inserted by hand, dobby setting the small buti across the body and the larger figures through the pallu. Red is the ground with the longest history in this weave and the least forgiving: it has to be held even the whole way or the drape bands. The black section then takes gold and yellow in the same figures, which is two threads to manage across one narrow span. Beside them a double design border runs two parallel designs down the edge. The finished saree weighs 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM. Its border is bugdi, the woven design reading the same on both faces, and the odd slub is left in.

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