Kaithoon, Kota district

Kota doria

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

Cluster: Kaithoon
District: Kota
State: Rajasthan
Status: GI no. 8, 2005

How it is made

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.

Kota doria showing its open khat square-check weave under a black and madder block print. — The swatch, shot flat at the same distance as the other six.

3 pieces in this weave

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

Kota doria · KotaKota doria dupatta

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

2.25 m₹1,650

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A three-piece Kota doria suit length in coral and madder resist print with a gold border.

Kota doria · KotaKota doria suit length

Kurta length, salwar length and dupatta in coral and madder resist print.

Three piece, unstitched₹3,200

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Kota doria worked in gold and madder zari, the square-check weave visible beneath.

Kota doria · KotaKota doria sari, zari work

Open khat weave under gold and madder zari, heavier at the pallu.

6.3 m with blouse piece₹5,900

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The other six

IlkalBagalkot
ChanderiAshoknagar
MaheshwariKhargone
PochampallyYadadri Bhuvanagiri
BagruJaipur
BaghDhar
KanchipuramKanchipuram
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