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Seven months on the loom, Salvi family
In true Patola both the warp and the weft are tied and dyed to the finished pattern before a single thread is woven, and the weaver then aligns the two by hand, thread by thread, on a slanted loom worked by two people. Get it wrong by a millimetre and the motif blurs; this is why Patan Patola is one of the few textiles in India with a Geographical Indication and fewer than a dozen families who can still make it.
Bharat Salvi tied, dyed and wove this stole over seven months in natural indigo, madder and turmeric. The design is the ratanchowk - jewel square - reduced to a scale that works on a stole. The motif is reversible and identical on both faces, which is the standard test of a genuine double ikat.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
