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Khadi Sari

2014 (made)
Artist/Maker
Taanbaan (brand)
Unknown
Place of origin
Andhra Pradesh (made)

This sari is handwoven from white organic cotton and has a decorative black border and gold palloo. Taanbaan is a Delhi based company, known for their work with khadi (handwoven fabric made from hand spun thread) and this is one of a small range of saris that they produce. Khadi was a symbol of the Indian Independence movement and has strong patriotic associations.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Object type
Khadi Sari
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Sari
  • Blouse
Materials and techniques
Cotton, metal-wrapped thread. The 3 shuttle weave enables pure colour in the body and border details.
Cotton (Textile)
Weaving
Brief description
White sari made of hand-spun, hand-woven organic cotton (khadi), with jamdani detailing, black border and gold pallu, from Delhi based company Taanbaan
Physical description
This is a three-shuttle weave sari, requring seperate wefts for each of the two borders and the field. It is hand woven of hand-spun (organic) cotton, (khadi). It has a white body with black jamdani detailing in the field and a gold strip in the pallu. It has narrow black borders on either side edged with further gold and black detailing.
Dimensions
  • Length: 5600mm
  • Width: 1140mm
Gallery label
  • KHADI SARI Despite its populist association, khadi also features in luxury garments. Such pieces are expensive and customers for designs with little surface embellishment are few. Khadi saris tend to be bought by connoisseurs who appreciate the skill and cost of labour. Taanbaan, the Delhi-based company who made this recent example, has a reputation for fine hand-spun, hand-woven saris. Made by Taanbaan Cotton with inlaid jamdani weave and metallic thread Andhra Pradesh, 2014 V&A: IS. 14-2015(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
Object history
This piece was acquired directly from Taanbaan for the V&A exhibition, The Fabric of India.
Summary
This sari is handwoven from white organic cotton and has a decorative black border and gold palloo. Taanbaan is a Delhi based company, known for their work with khadi (handwoven fabric made from hand spun thread) and this is one of a small range of saris that they produce. Khadi was a symbol of the Indian Independence movement and has strong patriotic associations.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.14-2015

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Record createdNovember 17, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1303248/khadi-sari-unknown/
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