Kota Doria Dress Material Sea Green Floral Jaal

This dress material is a two piece unstitched set a sea green top length with a matching dupatta woven in the sheer khat check of Kaithoon near Kota The top is covered in an all over white resham floral jaal of trailing vines small blossoms and fine leaves while the dupatta carries a scalloped white floral vine border down each length with white flower butis scattered across the field Kota Doria is known by its khat the tiny square graph of the weave formed by alternating fine cotton and silk yarns a common khat runs to roughly fourteen threads a square Hold the cloth to the light and you should see a clear even grid of transparent squares the yarn looks faintly uneven and slubbed where it was spun and woven by hand and the squares drift by a hair across the width A powerloom or printed imitation shows a flat perfectly regular mesh with no slub and no give The embroidery is a second cue the white resham thread work sits slightly proud of the surface and you can trace the stitch path on the reverse whereas a printed embroidery stays flat and shows through evenly to the back Kota Doria is a GI tagged handloom woven on pit looms in and around Kaithoon a weaving cluster near Kota in Rajasthan where families have worked this cotton and silk square weave for generations The open weave is what keeps the cloth so light and airy a quality prized through the Indian summer and genuine handloom pieces from the cluster carry a small GI mark woven into one corner Tailored into a kurta with the matching dupatta this soft sea green set is light and easy for summer days and daytime functions Pair with silver oxidised jhumkas and neutral footwear for an understated put together look