Mauve and Black Ajrakh Modal Silk Saree - Lotus Blouse
More in Ajrakh Modal Silk$100.00
Stitched blouse included, size 38
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Color: Mauve
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Eight pointed stars and octagons repeat across the mauve body of this Ajrakh modal silk saree, hand blocked in Ajrakhpur where the resist and dye process runs through many patient rounds. Geometry of this kind speaks of order and quiet symmetry. Modal gives the saree a soft sheen and a fluid fall, so the pleats keep their shape as you walk. A black border with a saw tooth edge and a mauve pallu printed in cream finish the drape. Lovely for festival lunches, family functions and evening gatherings.
- What's included
- Stitched blouse
- Weave
- ajrakh modal silk
- Sub-weave
- Hand Block Print
- Blouse
- Stitched, size 38
- Motif
- Star Geometric
- Care
- Hand wash separately in cold water - Use a mild detergent - Do not bleach or wring - Dry in shade away from direct sunlight - Natural dyes may soften gently with time
The craft
Ajrakh Modal Silk
Ajrakh is one of the oldest surviving block printing traditions in the world, carried for generations by the Khatri printers of Kutch who worked in Dhamadka and rebuilt their village as Ajrakhpur after the 2001 earthquake. A single Ajrakh passes through sixteen or more stages of washing, resist printing with lime and gum, and dyeing in madder root for red and fermented indigo for blue, with black drawn from iron and jaggery. The cloth is printed on both faces so the pattern reads the same either way. On modal, a fibre spun from beech pulp, the natural dyes take deeply and the saree falls with a fluid softness and a quiet sheen.
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