Finely hand-woven silk chanderi textile in gray with hand-embroidered metallic and pink stars and glass beaded fringe in clear and pink beads.

60% silk 40% cotton

Dry clean only

ACCORDING TO RECORDS FOUND IN INDIAN MYTHOLOGY, HANDWOVEN CHANDERI TEXTILES WERE FIRST INTRODUCED BY LORD KRISHNA’S EVIL COUSIN SHISHUPAL DURING THE VEDIC PERIOD. DUE TO THE TEXTILE’S SHEER AND AIRY TEXTURE IT IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS ‘WOVEN AIR’. THROUGHOUT THE MUGHAL ERA IN INDIA, CHANDERI WAS INCREASINGLY POPULAR AMONG ROYALTY.