Sanskriti Vintage Heavy Saree Banarasi Tanchoi Handwoven Pure Satin Silk Sari

An exquisite vintage Light-Brown hand-woven Banarasi Tanchoi Jamawar saree in purple & 100% Pure Satin Silk. • This sari features Orange & Golden floral motifs with Jamawar (Tanchoi) hand-woven work at pallu & border of the sari. • The center part of sari has orange colour jaal embroidery. • Basically It is in Banaras that the weavers started experimenting with Zari & Satin wefts to create new versions and the art gained popularity and mix of Chinese technique with Indian style of weaving was created to form the Indianised version of Tanchoi sarees. Features of the Tanchoi sarees is that the fabric texture background has a Satin finish. It is one of the complex and technical weaving techniques as it uses one or two warp and two to five weft colors. These sarees are extremely soft to drape. What is special about this sari? Tanchoi is one of the weaving techniques involving a single or double warp and two to five colors on the weft which are often of the same shade, on Silk fabric. Famed for the intricate and small weaving patterns over the fabric, the commonly used patterns used are those of flowers, small birds, peacocks and parrot motifs. Tanchoi sarees are one of a kind which have spots all over the surface and are woven with a dual color wrap. Another stand-alone feature of the Tanchoi sarees is that the fabric texture background has a Satin finish. This heavy saree can be worn as it is, or can be used for various crafting ideas like for dress designing, as window dressing, upholstery, table linen and much more. Let your creative juices flow! As the saree is vintage, few stains are expected.

• Item condition: pre-owned; These item are not new, so please do not expect them to be in perfect condition. If there is any major, flaw, I will surely mention it in the listing.