{"product_id":"emerald-karnataka-handloom-silk-saree-with-hand-embroidery","title":"Emerald Karnataka Handloom Silk Saree with Hand Embroidery","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTwo Looms. One Story.\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a saree made in a day. It is the convergence of two of Karnataka's most storied handloom traditions, each with its own geography, its own grammar, its own soul, brought together and then embroidered entirely by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade to order. Please allow 12 to 16 weeks for weaving and embroidery to be completed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMolkalmuru and Ilkal\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMolkalmuru\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the red-earth district of Chitradurga, is woven on mulberry silk with temple borders that have earned GI protection since 2011. Every motif is a devotional act. The weavers here do not simply weave, they consecrate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIlkal\u003c\/strong\u003e, over 1,200 years old and rooted in Bagalkot, carries a secret that no other handloom in the world replicates: the \u003cem\u003eTope Teni\u003c\/em\u003e technique, a loop-join where the body and pallu are woven as one continuous cloth, never cut, never seamed. The saree does not end. It transforms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Embroidery\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce both handlooms were woven, the work began again, by hand. Glass beads, gold zari, and meticulous surface embroidery applied stitch by stitch across the body and borders. No shortcuts. No machines. No compromises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a textile that carries the weight of two weaving communities, two GI-protected traditions, and hundreds of hours of skilled artisan labour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat You Are Wearing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual handloom construction: Molkalmuru silk body with Ilkal pallu and Tope Teni join\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand embroidery: glass beads and gold zari throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTemple border motifs, GI-protected weave structures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMulberry silk base, luminous, drape-forward, heirloom weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaired with a matching hand-embroidered blouse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is Karnataka, rewoven.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calantha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54461810475221,"sku":null,"price":6800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/0325\/2949\/files\/BB7B8CFF-E813-44E0-A692-61CF2D91B3F9.jpg?v=1786213513","url":"https:\/\/studiocalantha.com\/fr\/products\/emerald-karnataka-handloom-silk-saree-with-hand-embroidery","provider":"Calantha","version":"1.0","type":"link"}