Color: White
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A white body with a parasol motif near the shoulder, drawn in wax over the dyed ground. A band of temple points runs the width of the drape, edged in fine red lines. Batik silk saree in Bishnupuri silk. Suited to evening functions and celebration dinners.
- What's included
- Stitched blouse, size 38
- Weave
- batik silk
- Sub-weave
- Bishnupuri Silk
- Blouse
- Stitched, size 38
- Motif
- Parasol
- Care
- Dry clean recommended - If washing at home hand wash separately in cold water with a mild detergent - Do not bleach or wring - Dry in shade away from direct sunlight - Iron on low heat
The craft
Batik Silk
Batik reached Bengal in the 1920s, when Rabindranath Tagore's circle at Santiniketan studied the wax resist craft of Java and brought it back to Kala Bhavana. Bengali artists lifted the technique off the Indonesian sarong and put it onto the saree, where it has stayed ever since. Hot wax is drawn onto the silk by hand, the cloth is dipped, and the wax is boiled away, one colour at a time. Where the wax cracks the dye seeps through and leaves the fine dark veining that no printed cloth can copy. Every piece is dyed on its own, so no two come out alike.
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