Ikat

Ikat Silks

With their unique blurred lines and high-contrast palettes, handwoven ikat silk sarees are unmistakable. The yarns for ikat sarees are first resist dyed and then deftly woven on the loom. Single ikat sarees use resist-dyed threads either or the warp or the weft, while double ikat sarees like the Pochampally and Puttapaka sarees have weft and warp threads that are dyed and then skillfully woven together.

Ikat is indigenous to India’s eastern coast, particularly Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Each region has evolved a signature, from Orissa’s tribal and natural motifs to Telangana’s intricate craftsmanship, and our collection of ikat silk sarees has the finest examples of them all.