Brown & Red Hand Painted Kalamkari Kanchivaram Silk Saree

A earthy brown Kanchivaram silk saree with hand painted Kalamkari peacock motifs, done with natural dyes from our own designs. Each peacock is drawn in the traditional Kalamkari style with fine outlines and colours in maroon, mustard, black and pink, and the birds are scattered across the plain body. The brown colour has a soft, mottled, naturally dyed look. The saree has a gold zari border with a red temple-style triangle edge. The red pallu is woven with broad gold zari bands and fine zari stripes, and it ends in fringes. A matching red blouse piece with a gold zari band comes with the saree. It suits festivals, weddings and special occasions, and it is a piece for collectors of hand painted textiles.

Saree length: 5.5 metres, plus a 0.8 metre blouse piece
Blouse: matching red with a gold zari band
Body: hand painted Kalamkari peacock motifs in natural dyes, from our own designs
Border: gold zari with a red temple-style triangle edge
Pallu: red with broad gold zari bands, zari stripes and fringes
Care: dry clean only. Store folded in a muslin cloth, and refold it every few months. Avoid direct sunlight and damp, as natural dyes can fade.

Kalamkari is an Indian art of painting on fabric with natural dyes, using a pen (kalam) to draw and fill the design by hand. The outlines are drawn first, and the colours are then applied in stages, with each colour coming from plant, mineral or other natural sources. On this saree, the peacock motifs are hand painted from our own designs. The Kanchivaram weave frames the painting, with a temple border and a striped zari pallu woven separately and interlocked with the body for strength.

Kanchipuram is a temple town in Tamil Nadu and the home of Kanchivaram silk. Weaving families there have passed the craft down through generations. The designs draw on temple architecture, including the triangle temple border, zari stripes and peacock motifs. This saree brings together that weaving tradition and the Kalamkari painting tradition of South India.

कृपया ध्यान दें कि डिवाइस स्क्रीन और मॉनिटर सेटिंग्स में भिन्नता के कारण, वास्तविक उत्पाद का रंग दिखाई गई तस्वीरों से थोड़ा भिन्न हो सकता है। प्रत्येक स्क्रीन की अपनी रंग प्रदर्शित करने की क्षमता होती है, जो आपके डिवाइस पर उत्पाद के दिखने के तरीके को प्रभावित कर सकती है।