Khadi Sari
2014 (made)
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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
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton, metal-wrapped thread. The 3 shuttle weave enables pure colour in the body and border details. |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | IS.14-2015 |
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| Record created | November 17, 2014 |
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