Handloom Plum Pure Silk Ashawali Patola Dupatta with Shikargah Border

Handloom Plum Pure Silk Ashawali Patola Dupatta with Shikargah Border

Adorn this graceful Handloom Ashavali Dupatta handwoven in pure mulberry silk and border designed in golden zari. The shikargah motifs on the border are a perfect amalgamation if two of India’s richest crafts

Ashavali textiles are distinguished by the enameled or meenakari work on the borders and pallu. Besides brocades they were also woven with patola or tie-dye sarees and dupattas. The borders and pallus were woven using the interlocking technique. The pallu also displays designs like the badshah pallu (Baluchari sarees) and the chand-tara motifs or motifs like the parrot and peacock, some of which are found in other textile crafts from Gujarat like mocha embroidery, beadwork and jaliwork or the Paithanis from Maharashtra. The amalgamation of skills and craft cultures make them a desirable and prized possession

Color – Plum
Fabric – Katan Silk
Technique – Single Ikat
Weaving Cluster – Gujarat
Measurement – Length -2.50 m, Width – 1.19 m, Weight – 336 g