A Kota doria dupatta in black and cream block print, its square-check weave open to the light.

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Kota doria dupatta

Open khat weave, hand-block floral in black over madder, zari selvedge.

₹1,650One price, all year. Nothing here is discounted later.

Weave
Kota doria
Cluster
Kaithoon
District
Kota, Rajasthan
GI
GI no. 8, 2005
Size
2.25 m
Type
Dupatta

We hold a piece for three days without a deposit. Alterations take three to four days, longer before a festival.

Kota doria showing its open khat square-check weave under a black and madder block print.

Where it came from

Kota doria

Cotton and silk alternated into a square check that leaves the cloth transparent.

The check is called khat. Counting the threads is how the weaver keeps it even, and how you tell a handloom Kota from a powerloom one — the squares are never quite identical.

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