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Bandhani Tie-Dye Dupatta by Kala Kutch
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Bandhani Tie-Dye Dupatta

Around 42,000 hand-tied knots

Sale price ₹6,800Regular price ₹8,400−19%Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 168 reviews

Bandhani is counted in knots. The cloth is pinched into thousands of tiny points with a fingernail grown long for the purpose, each one bound in thread, and the bound points resist the dye to leave a white dot. This dupatta carries roughly forty-two thousand of them and took eleven days to tie.

Tied by Sakinaben Khatri in Mandvi and dyed in Jamnagar, where the water has historically given Bandhani its clearest reds. It arrives still knotted and folded, as it should - open it out slowly and the pattern appears. The dots will never be perfectly even, which is how you tell hand-tied work from a printed imitation.

ColourMadder Red
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  • Every piece is made to order in the cluster, so we dispatch in 7-10 days and write to you with the artisan’s name when it leaves Bhuj. Pan-India courier is free above ₹2,500 and international shipping is quoted at checkout; Cash on Delivery is available across India and a GST invoice is included with every order. Because these are handmade, colour, weave and finish will vary slightly from the photographs - that variation is the craft, not a defect.
Details & materials
Craft
Bandhani tie-dye, hand-knotted
Cluster
Mandvi and Jamnagar
Artisan
Sakinaben Khatri, tier; Irfan Khatri, dyer
Materials
Gajji silk, azo-free dyes
Dimensions
230cm × 100cm
Shipping & returns

Every piece is made to order in the cluster, so we dispatch in 7-10 days and write to you with the artisan’s name when it leaves Bhuj. Pan-India courier is free above ₹2,500 and international shipping is quoted at checkout; Cash on Delivery is available across India and a GST invoice is included with every order. Because these are handmade, colour, weave and finish will vary slightly from the photographs - that variation is the craft, not a defect.

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Reviews

Rated 4.8 out of 54.8 · 168 reviews
  • Rated 5.0 out of 5

    The note with the printer’s name made it

    The Ajrakh runner is beautiful, but what I keep telling people about is the card that came with it naming Juned Khatri and the village. Dispatch took nine days exactly as stated, and the GST invoice showed the artisan share. I have bought three more things since.

    Meera IyerBengaluru, KarnatakaVerified purchase
  • Rated 5.0 out of 5

    Waited seven months for the Patola

    I grew up seeing Patola at weddings and always assumed the real thing was out of reach. Bharatbhai sent photographs from the loom every few weeks. The reverse is identical to the front, which is the test. Expensive, and completely fair.

    Rohan DesaiAhmedabad, GujaratVerified purchase
  • Rated 4.0 out of 5

    Cushion is lovely, do read the size note

    The Suf embroidery is finer than anything I have found in Delhi emporiums and the mirrors are properly set, not glued. My only note is that the cover ran about a centimetre small against my insert - they did say handwork varies, so read that line seriously.

    Ananya SharmaNew DelhiVerified purchase
  • Rated 5.0 out of 5

    The bells actually ring as a set

    Ordered the set of three copper bells on a whim and they genuinely sound tuned to each other. Paid Cash on Delivery, arrived in Kochi in five days after dispatch, packed in cloth and straw rather than plastic. Ordering the brass lamp next.

    Vikram NairKochi, KeralaVerified purchase