Andhra Silk Cotton Dress Material Parrot Green Zari Buti

This Andhra silk cotton sico dress material is a three piece unstitched set a parrot green top a matching bottom and a contrast coral orange dupatta handwoven in the silk cotton tradition of Andhra Pradesh The green top carries a soft gold sheen with fine zari pinstripes a woven zari border and small zari buti while the orange dupatta is banded with green and gold zari stripes and finished with hand knotted tassels The giveaway of a handwoven sico is the way it changes colour in the light silk in one direction and cotton in the other so the green shifts towards gold as the cloth turns a powerloom imitation reads as one flat tone The zari is woven in not stuck on turn the fabric over and the metallic stripe carries through to the back as continuous thread where a printed gold line would sit only on the face Look closely and the weave shows tiny slubs with the stripe spacing drifting by a hair the mark of a hand at the loom and the dupatta s tassels are hand knotted after the cloth comes off the loom Sico silk and cotton interlocked as warp and weft on a pit loom gives the set the sheen and fall of silk with the breathability of cotton a hallmark of Andhra Pradesh s handloom weavers Genuine handloom pieces often carry the Handloom Mark Stitch the top and bottom into a kurta and pant or salwar set and drape the contrast dupatta for festive days daytime functions or office wear Pair with oxidised silver or temple jewellery to bring out the gold in the weave