Chanderi, Ashoknagar district

Chanderi

Silk warp on a cotton weft, woven sheer enough to hold the light.

Cluster: Chanderi
District: Ashoknagar
State: Madhya Pradesh
Status: GI registered

How it is made

The transparency is the point. A Chanderi is thin enough to read a hand through and still carries a woven gold buti, which is why it is worn in heat when nothing else will do.

Chanderi silk-cotton in magenta, scattered with small gold butis above a woven gold border. — The swatch, shot flat at the same distance as the other six.

2 pieces in this weave

A magenta Chanderi sari at full length, gold butis scattered across the body.

Chanderi · AshoknagarChanderi sari, gold buti

Sheer silk-cotton in magenta, zari butis, woven gold border.

5.5 m with blouse piece₹7,200

Ask about this — Chanderi sari, gold buti

Chanderi cloth in coral, hand-block printed in madder and iron-black.

Chanderi · AshoknagarChanderi suit length, Bagru print

Chanderi cloth block-printed at Bagru — madder and iron-black on coral.

Three piece, unstitched₹4,600

Ask about this — Chanderi suit length, Bagru print

The other six

IlkalBagalkot
MaheshwariKhargone
PochampallyYadadri Bhuvanagiri
Kota doriaKota
BagruJaipur
BaghDhar
KanchipuramKanchipuram
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