Gajji Silk Ajrakh Hand Block Crane Fabric in Rust Red parrot green saree A sage green katan silk

A sage green katan silk saree with small alfi gold bootis scattered across the body

airy and quietly detailed — this is a handloom Cotton Ektara Jamdani Banarasi that earns a second look

is an ancient banarasi handloom weaving technique where the meeting point of the body of the saree and the pallu or aanchal (koniya) features prominent intricately weaved motifs

garnet or red stone jewellery

Dramatic black branches sweep across a warm copper ground

Gajji Silk Ajrakh Hand Block Crane Fabric in Rust Red parrot green saree A sage green katan silkTwo colours indigo and rust and between them a complete geometry. An octagon Cranes mid flight long necked, wings swept back, each one caught at a slightly different angle are scattered across the rust red gajji silk ground in indigo and cream. The birds are placed with enough space between them that the warm rust ground breathes through the composition. Rust and indigo is the heartland of the Ajrakh palette earth and sky, each making the other more