Dark Olive Green Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree with Wide Golden Zari Border | Phulwari

Small flower buti sit sparsely over a dark olive green ground. A wide golden zari border runs down one edge, and the pallu is banded in the same zari.

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

Hand weaving here is literal: a pit loom, the weft inserted by hand, the patterning on body, border and pallu set on a dobby. Nothing in this range is machine-woven, confirmed by the weaver who made it. It was made in Maheshwar, on the Narmada, in Khargone district. 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

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.

How it feels and how it falls

We weigh these ourselves: 350–360 g, 44–46 GSM. That is what featherlight means in numbers rather than adjectives. 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, parties, formal and ethnic occasions, and wedding or reception wear 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 dark olive green 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.

The Handloom Mark on this cloth is held with the registration on record, but the better evidence is the loom itself, sunk into a floor in Maheshwar. The weft goes in by hand, pick by pick, and a dobby lifts the threads that set the small buti across the dark olive green body and the banded design along the border and the pallu.

The bugdi border reads the same on both faces of the cloth, so the design holds wherever the edge turns back — at the pleats, or where the pallu falls back over your shoulder. That property belongs to the border, and it is the detail a wearer notices first when the edge turns back.

At 350–360 g and 44–46 GSM, both measured here rather than taken from a supplier sheet, it is featherlight in the hand. 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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