Pure Katan Silk Kadwa Meenakari Banarasi Saree in Royal Purple salaidar blue and grey through gold

blue and grey through gold across the full body

The border and pallu consist of multi-colored embroidered tilfi flowers on a gold brocade ground

The pallu shifts to geometry — an octagon jaal with kalgha paisley centres in indigo

one of India's oldest tribal art forms

Pure Katan Silk Kadwa Meenakari Banarasi Saree in Royal Purple salaidar blue and grey through goldRoyal purple is a colour that needs no embellishment on the body and this Katan silk gives it none. The ground is plain, interrupted only by the finest self colour doriya stripe running the length, visible as texture rather than pattern. All the craft is at the border. The border is wide and densely worked a kadwa meenakari phulwar jaal covering the full band in flowers, stems, and leaves in white, teal, pink, orange, red, and yellow silk. Each