Kota Doria Dress Material Beige Rose Floral Buti

This cotton dress material is hand block printed in Kaithoon near Kota Rajasthan The soft lemon beige ground is the airy khat weave the square check of cotton and silk threads that defines genuine Kota Doria and the top fabric is filled with rose bouquet buti in rust red with olive green leaves arranged in close vertical columns The matching dupatta scatters larger rose sprays across the body and closes with a printed buti border Look closely at where one column of motifs meets the next in true hand block work the carved block is lifted and re laid by hand so you will see tiny shifts in registration an occasional double pressed edge and rose outlines that feather where the dye sinks into the open grid The colour travels through to the reverse rather than resting on top Hold the cloth to a window and the khat squares glow unevenly a living grid not the flawless identical squares of a powerloom synthetic A mill print by contrast repeats every rose perfectly and stops dead at the surface Kota Doria carries a GI tag and a long Kaithoon lineage the weavers size the delicate yarn with rice starch and onion juice so it holds the loom which is why the fabric feels crisp when new and turns wonderfully soft and fluid once washed Tailored into a kurta with the dupatta the warm beige and rust palette reads festive without being loud right for a daytime function a puja or a dressed up workday and light enough to wear comfortably in the heat