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Handloom Pure Mulberry Silk Gadwal in Ivory and Purple
₹30,900₹34,33310% OFF
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Silk Mark certified pure silk
“Handloom sarees are woven entirely by hand on traditional looms. The minor variations in weave are the artisan's signature — proof that no other saree in the world is exactly this one.”
Color: Ivory & Purple
Silk Type: Mulberry
Loom Type: Handloom
Purity: Silk mark certified
Blouse Piece: Included
Motifs/Patterns: This Gadwal pairs a warm ivory with a golden tint against a rich purple that shifts between violet and magenta as the silk moves. A fine peacock blue edge frames it all. It's a classic Gadwal in the truest sense: the layout, colours and motifs are the ones this craft has been known for across generations. That's why it never goes out of fashion. It doesn't chase a trend, so it never looks dated.
It has the typical Gadwal feel too: soft to the touch, light on the body, with a natural lustre that catches the light as you move. It's a saree for your most special occasions. It belongs in a wedding trousseau and is just as right for an anniversary party, a family dinner or lunch, or a puja.
The body is a warm ivory with a golden tint, covered with zari paisley bootas woven in tested zari. They're big and clearly visible, not tiny scattered dots, and they're spaced evenly across the full length of the saree. Their size is what gives the body its presence. Even the plain ivory stretches look rich, because the eye always has a golden paisley to land on. Each paisley is detailed inside with fine dotted and curled lines, so it rewards a close look too.
The pallu is the grand, extravagant Gadwal finish, set on the deep purple base and woven in muted gold tested zari. The muted tone matters: instead of a loud, bright gold, it has a soft, antique glow that suits the traditional feel of the saree. A row of large paisleys opens the section, each filled with intricate detail. Next come bands of temple triangles and a row of chakra (wheel) medallions, and then a wide central field of dense zari lattice. The same chakra and temple bands close the pallu at the far end, so the whole design is framed like a mirror image. The saree ends in tassels and comes with a contrasting blouse piece.
Border Details: The border runs along the top and bottom of the saree from end to end, and it's built in layers. At the very edge is a line of peacock blue. Next comes a purple band carrying a wide stripe of muted gold zari with a repeating row of floral medallions, framed by finer zari lines. On the inner edge, a row of stepped temple spires in violet-blue rises from the border into the ivory body, the classic temple border Gadwals are known for. Peacock blue, purple, violet and gold together give the border depth and colour, and it frames the soft ivory perfectly.
Special Techniques: Gadwal sarees come from the town of Gadwal in Telangana. The tradition is known for contrast borders, temple spires and grand zari pallus. This saree is 100% handloom, woven in pure mulberry silk in a four-ply construction, with four fine silk threads twisted together into every strand before weaving. It works like twisting four thin strands into one rope: each thread on its own is fine and light, but together they're strong. That's why the saree holds its shape and lasts for years.
Degumming: where the softness, lightness and lustre come from. Raw silk straight from the cocoon is coated in a natural gum called sericin. The gum makes the thread stiff, dull and heavy, much like uncooked pasta. Before dyeing, the silk yarn is gently boiled in a mild soap solution, which dissolves and washes the gum away. That step is called degumming, and it changes three things:
Softness: without the gum, the silk becomes supple and smooth.
Lustre: the natural shine of the silk fibre comes through, which is why the ivory glows and the purple shifts colour in the light.
Lightness: the gum is a real share of raw silk's weight, so removing it leaves a finer, lighter thread that drapes and moves easily.
That's the reason a pure silk Gadwal feels light and fluid on the body, even with a full zari pallu.
Woven end to end, in one piece. Because this is pure mulberry silk and not cotton, the whole saree is woven on one loom as one continuous piece. The body, borders and pallu aren't made separately. The ivory body and the purple borders are woven at the same time, each with its own thread. Where the two colours meet, the weaver hooks the threads around each other by hand on every single row. This interlocking method is known in Telangana as kupadam. Because the border is woven into the body thread by thread rather than stitched on, it can never come apart, however many years the saree is worn. The work usually takes two weavers at the loom working in rhythm, one for the body and one for the border.
The temple spires. The spires are built at that same meeting point. It's like building a staircase with bricks: for a few rows, the weaver lets the border colour step a little further into the ivory, then a little further, then steps it back. Row by row, those small steps stack up into a pointed peak. Every spire is counted by hand and has to match the one beside it along the full length of the saree.
How the motifs are woven. The paisley bootas, the chakras and the dense lattice in the pallu are all woven in by hand. For each row, the weaver lifts exactly the right warp threads, passes the zari through only where the motif needs it, beats the row down and moves to the next. Row after row, a paisley slowly takes shape. For big bootas like the ones on this body, that means many more rows per motif, and every one has to come out the same size and shape as its neighbour.
The zari. The zari is tested zari: a silk core wrapped in metallic thread, checked for quality and consistency. It isn't real gold; "tested" refers to the verified quality of the zari. The silk core keeps it soft and flexible, so the heavy pallu still drapes smoothly instead of standing stiff, and it keeps its soft, muted glow over the years instead of tarnishing the way imitation zari does.
Time. Degumming and dyeing the yarn, setting up the loom, interlocking the borders, building every temple spire, and weaving the large bootas and a fully worked zari pallu all take time. A Gadwal like this takes several weeks of skilled work from yarn to finished saree.
Silk Mark. The saree carries the Silk Mark, the Government of India's certification that it's pure silk. It's independent confirmation of the fabric, not just the seller's word.
Season: All seasons
Care Instructions: Only dry cleaning. Never steam iron. If ironing at home, place a cotton/mulmul cloth on top of the saree and use your iron at the lowest heat setting. Our skilled artisans use natural dyes for all our handloom collection and this will protect the intricate zari work, fabric and wont harm your precious handloom.
Store in a cotton bag or a muslin cloth to protect against moisture.
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