Olive Green Pure Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree, Buta Body & Gold Grid | Phulwari
Olive Green Pure Handloom Maheshwari Silk Saree, Buta Body & Gold Grid | Phulwari
Olive green, with the buti spaced at an even interval and a fine gold grid behind them.
Why this piece
- Olive, not bottle green — grey and yellow held inside the green, which is why it reads muted and goes with far more than a bright green would.
- Even spacing — the buti land at the same interval the whole length — the detail that separates a dobby-set body from a printed one when the saree is pleated.
- A grid under the figures — a fine zari grid is worked across the field between the buti, with wide metallic borders framing it.
The colourway
Olive is a mixed colour and mixed colours are the ones that drift over six metres, so an even reading from end to end is the work here. Gold against it is warmer than it would be on a bright green, which is what keeps the piece from going cold.
How it is woven
Master weaver Aafreen wove it. A pit loom in Maheshwar, the weft going in by hand, and a dobby carrying the buti and the border. Nothing here is machine-woven. If you have been sent a powerloom piece before, this is the difference you can feel in the hand of the cloth.
A hand-inserted weft leaves marks of itself — the odd slub or a pick that sits a fraction differently. That is the weave telling you what it is.
The border, and how it wears
A bugdi border, so the woven border design reads the same on both faces — a craft signature you can see for yourself rather than take on trust.
Weighed and published rather than described: 350 to 360 g at 44 to 46 GSM. The drape is soft from the first day and stays soft after cleaning, the pleats sit where you set them, and the semi-sheer body takes a petticoat underneath.
Specification
- Total length: 6.3–6.5 m, including an 80–90 cm blouse piece
- Width: 45–46 inches
- Weight: 350–360 g, measured in-house
- Fabric weight: 44–46 GSM
- Body: semi-sheer; wear it with a petticoat
- Drape: soft, holds its pleats, and stays soft after the first clean
- Loom: pit loom, with the weft inserted by hand
- Patterning: dobby-set, on body, border and pallu
- Finishing: pallu kuchu, selvedge and edges finished; fall and pico on request
- Woven in: Maheshwar, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh
- Country of origin: India
- Net quantity: one saree with attached blouse piece
- Care: Dry Clean Only
Care and storage
- Professional dry clean only. Home washing is not recommended.
- Air-dry in the shade, without wringing.
- Iron inside out on a low-to-medium setting, under a cotton press cloth.
- Store it wrapped in breathable cotton or muslin, in a cool dark cupboard.
- 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 olive green, with gold buti and a fine zari grid. 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.