Vermilion Red Handwoven Pure Silk Kanchipuram Saree with Gaja Elephant Border Silk Thread Weave Border Self gold zari

Border Self gold zari

or formal family function

finished with the Korvai's Thazhampoo Reku border in fine gold zari lines

Fifty years married and the couple renews their vows at the temple

radiant character rarely seen in heirloom weaves

Vermilion Red Handwoven Pure Silk Kanchipuram Saree with Gaja Elephant Border Silk Thread Weave Border Self gold zariThis saree is woven in the Zari Kattam style, where fine zari threads intersect across the silk body to form a luminous grid. Handwoven by artisan families in Kunnam village, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu as we explore in our Zari Kattam weave story. Each saree takes close to a week on the loom and cannot be replicated by machine. The body is woven in a vibrant vermilion red pure mulberry silk, with the fine intersecting zari lines adding texture,