Seated against a lilac panelled door in a red blouse, the whole set visible to the floor. A golden-beige drape dotted with small red florets and edged with copper-peach motifs, over a mekhela worked in red below the knee, red tassels at the end.

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Assam · Sualkuchi

Xarodi Tussar Mekhela Sador

WT·AS·0097

₹22,700

  • Silk Mark certified
Material & craftsmanship
Golden-beige Tussar silk with a soft slub and a crisp drape. Its motifs are woven in as extra weft in two colours, vermilion red and copper-peach.
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 170 hours of work

How a Tussar mekhela sador is made

The piece in detail

The drape hanging over the mekhela hem, close up. A line of copper-peach motifs linked by red florets crosses the beige drape; below, a red panel of columns, stars and paired copper-peach birds ends in red checks and scallops, with red tassels at the left.

What is woven into it

The weaver calls this design Soraimiri. Small red star-florets dot the sador, and along its edge runs a line of gosbuta motifs: stepped, roof-shaped forms latticed in copper-peach, each with a red flower at its heart and small birds at its foot, linked by chains of red florets.

The sador end is a panel of red diamond checks, red florets and copper-peach geometric blocks, edged with bands of red leaf scallops and fine stripes, and finished with plump red pom-pom tassels.

The mekhela carries rows of the same motifs above a wide lower panel of red columns, star-florets and pairs of copper-peach birds facing each other, topped with a band of red leaf scallops.

Hands clasped in the lap over the drape, a gold cuff at the wrist. Roof-shaped motifs latticed in copper-peach, each with a red flower at its heart, on the beige ground.

Occasion & styling

Warm and bright: for Bohag and Kati Bihu, Durga Puja, a wedding as a guest, a visit to the namghar or a cultural programme. Wear it with a bright red silk blouse, as here, or a plain Tussar blouse for a softer look.

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

Two colours do all the work: vermilion for the flowers, panels and tassels, copper-peach for the latticed motifs and the small birds.

Accession code WT·AS·0097
Material Tussar silk, golden-beige ground, motifs in vermilion red and copper-peach (motif yarn not yet confirmed)
Loom Handloom, motifs in extra weft
Origin Sualkuchi, Kamrup, Assam
Made by Deepa Kakoty
Hours of work About 170
Colour Golden-beige with vermilion red and copper-peach
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 red motifs.
  • Never machine-wash it or leave it to soak: water can carry the vermilion out of the motifs and into the beige 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

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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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