Bagh, Dhar district

Bagh

Iron and alum, then the river — the washing is what fixes the black.

A Bagh-print stole in iron-black paisley on cream, folded to show its banded border.
Cluster
Bagh
District
Dhar
State
Madhya Pradesh
Status
GI 2008

How it is made

Printed with a paste of iron filings, then alum for the red, then washed in running water and dried in the sun. Half the craft happens after the printing is finished.

Bagh hand-block print — dark paisley repeats on a cream ground between banded borders.
The swatch, shot flat at the same distance as the other six.

One piece in this weave

The other six