Seated on a chair against a lilac panelled door, looking away to the left, the whole set visible. A golden-cream body scattered with small orange and black motifs, and the checked end of the sador hanging from the lap to the floor in a row of orange and black tassels.

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Assam · Sualkuchi

Komola Tussar Mekhela Sador

WT·AS·0106

₹15,900

  • Silk Mark certified
Material & craftsmanship
Tussar silk in golden cream, with a gentle slub and a crisp, structured drape. The motifs are three yarns, orange, black and gold, woven in as extra weft over a plain ground that runs on unbroken beneath them.
What arrives
1 mekhela + 1 sador + 1 matching unstitched blouse piece
Stitching

Made to order. To be dispatched on or before 20 November.

Made by Deepa Kakoty, Sualkuchi

Since girlhood

About 190 hours of work

How a Tussar mekhela sador is made

The piece in detail

The lap close up. Small four-petal motifs in orange, black and gold across the cream body, the end of the sador hanging down in lines of tiny checks with orange and black tassels, and a narrow band of gold flowers at the hem.

What is woven into it

Both pieces are scattered with small four-petal buti in orange, black and gold, set well apart.

The sador is edged with a narrow running band of small gold flowers with black centres. Its end carries lines of tiny black-and-gold checks and finishes in a row of tassels, orange and black by turns, each tied on a twisted cord.

The mekhela repeats the scattered buti and closes at the hem with the same narrow band of flowers.

The neckline close up: a golden blouse with an orange sleeve, the sador's edge of small gold flowers with black centres crossing below the collarbone, and a necklace of red and pale beads on a crescent pendant.

Occasion & styling

Fresh and easy to wear, it suits daytime pujas, festival gatherings, family functions and cultural programmes. It is shown with a golden blouse trimmed in orange; an orange blouse also works, or a black one for a sharper contrast.

Beads, terracotta and thread jewellery suit it as well as a Junbiri or Dugdugi; here it is worn with red and pale beads on a crescent pendant. Pleat the sador over the shoulder and let the tasselled end hang free, so the tassels swing as you move.

How to wear a mekhela sador

The mekhela goes on first: step into it, draw it up to the waist, fold the pleats at the front and tuck them in. Then the sador: one end tucked in at the waist, taken round, and the rest carried across the front and over the left shoulder.

The film ends on the gold worn with it: the pendant, the ring, the earrings and the cuff.

The object

Most of what you see is the silk: the buti are spaced so widely that the golden-cream ground carries the set and the orange and black read as points of colour.

Accession code WT·AS·0106
Material Tussar silk, golden-cream ground, motifs in orange, black and gold (motif yarn not yet confirmed)
Loom Handloom, motifs in extra weft
Origin Sualkuchi, Kamrup, Assam
Made by Deepa Kakoty
Hours of work About 190
Colour Golden cream with orange, black and gold
What arrives 1 mekhela + 1 sador + 1 matching unstitched blouse piece

Recorded by Wildtera, sent by the maker

Care

  • Dry clean only, and tell the cleaner it is Tussar with orange and black motifs.
  • Never machine-wash it or leave it to soak: water can carry the orange and black out of the motifs and into the pale ground, and it does not come back out.
  • Press it on the reverse at a low setting, with a cotton cloth between the iron and the motifs.
  • Fold it in muslin or cotton, never plastic, away from damp and direct sun, and refold it along new lines every few months.
  • Keep perfume and deodorant off the cloth.

Delivery and returns

Cancelling

Handmade orders cannot be cancelled once placed. You can still correct your address or phone number before it is dispatched.

If something is wrong

We do not accept returns for change of mind, colour or fit. If your piece arrives damaged, defective or not as ordered, send us a 10-second unboxing video within 48 hours of delivery and choose a full refund or a replacement.

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Unstitched

Made to order. To be dispatched on or before 20 November.

Handmade orders cannot be cancelled once placed.

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