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The story of this piece
Marudham is the forest landscape of old Tamil poetry, and this is the green we kept coming back to for it. The vine on the border is drawn from a carved pillar in the town, where the same leaf repeats until it becomes an edge rather than a picture.
Anatomy of the saree
- Weave
- Pure zari, handwoven
- Border
- 8 inch plum border, gold vine
- Length
- 6.3 m, with blouse piece
- Weight
- Approx. 770 g
- Woven in
- Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Border
Plum border, a gold vine running the length
Pallu
Plum pallu, gold vine and leaf
Blouse piece
Unstitched, plum silk
Care
Dry clean only. Refold along a new line every six months, wrap in muslin, and keep away from direct light.
Pure Zari
Pallavam
Olive green, plum border in gold zari
820Olive
Olive silk against a plum border — a green that reads almost khaki by day and turns deep and cool under lamplight.
- One piece only — never reordered
- Insured delivery across the UAE
- Fourteen day return window
Questions about this weave? Write to the studio.
Also in the house