Finely hand-woven silk chanderi textile with a navy and white tie dye and red dot hand block print technique. Made by hand in Ahmedabad, India.

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.

THIS PIECE FEATURES MULTIPLE HANDICRAFT PROCESSES INCLUDING A 6-STEP HAND TIE DYE AND BLOCK PRINTING.