Drawing inspiration from the art of chintz that was ever-popular in India across the 70s and remains a staple of our aesthetic foundations even today, this handwoven Vidarbha tussar saree features intricate handblock-printing in bottle green on undyed tussar silk. Unabashedly floral and braided in vines, this saree reclaims the popular and highly sophisticated origins of chintz in the Indian subcontinent (which traces its history first to Golconda in the early 16th century under Mughal patronage).
Unique for its silk woven only from naturally-found wild silkworm cocoons in the rich and fertile forest soil, the Vidarbha Tussar silk saree is iconic for its luminous, glossy, undyed silk and the traditional karvati-kinar (sawtooth design) borders with a striped palla. From foraging to weaving to printing to draping, these sarees are an ode to a nearly bygone era of organic design.
Product Details:
Fabric: Handwoven Vidarbha tussar silk
Technique: Handblock printing
Color: Undyed tussar, pale blue
Length: 5.5 meters (approx.)
Blouse Piece: Included
Care: Dry-clean only
Capturing a nostalgic aesthetic from cinema dreams of black and white film, Prakriti — our exclusive collection of handblock printed handwoven sarees — plays with the charm of the antique in a contemporary format.
Note*: We try our best to photograph each of our sarees in a diverse array of lighting so as to show you, our customer, the different ways in which handloom might appear to the eye under natural light, artificial light, white light, yellow light, etc. Slight discrepancies might still arise in the colour of the fabric due to the nature of handloom weaving despite our utmost efforts to address it.
Note**: The blouse piece is attached to the saree. The model is wearing a separate blouse for styling purposes.
