Burnt Orange Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree with Wide Golden Zari Border | Phulwari

The body is burnt orange, the flower buti small and well spaced across it, with a wide golden zari border along one edge and zari banding worked over 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

A pit loom, a weft put in by hand, and a dobby that sets the buti across the body and the design along the border and pallu. No piece here is machine-woven; the weaver confirms each one. It comes from master weaver Aafreen's loom. The Handloom Mark is held for this cloth, with the registration on record. Where the weave runs a little uneven, that is the hand at work rather than a fault in the cloth.

The bugdi border

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.

How it feels and how it falls

The measured figures are 350–360 g at 44–46 GSM — weighed in-house, not quoted from a supplier — which is why the saree sits so easily on the shoulder. 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 festive and formal wear, ethnic occasions, and weddings or receptions attended as 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 burnt orange 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.

Master weaver Aafreen works a pit loom in Maheshwar, where the frame is set into the ground and the weaving is done sitting down into it. The weft goes in by hand, pick by pick, and a dobby lifts the threads that set the small buti across the burnt orange body and the banded design along the border and the pallu.

Bugdi describes the border: the woven design reads the same on both faces. It is one of the few marks of this weave you can check with your own hands. That property belongs to the border, and it is the detail a wearer notices first when the edge turns back.

350–360 g at 44–46 GSM, measured in-house. It is the kind of weight you stop noticing an hour into an evening. Minor irregularities are characteristic of hand weaving and are part of what you are buying, not a defect in it. It is a family tradition, passed along at the loom itself.

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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