Hand-woven jacquard silk mashroo in silver with hand-embroidered khajuri flower buttons. Made in Ahmedabad, India. Silk mashroo woven by hand on pit looms in Old Patan. 60% silk 40% cotton. Dry clean only. Brief history of the silk mashr oo textile: Mashroo is one o f the olde st and finest textiles in India. It is said t o have bee n developed during the 14th century. M ashroo was created to conform to t he tenets of Islam which forbade silk to touch the skin. Weavers developed a fabric with a silk warp and cotton weft, where the cotton lays beneath and grazes the skin, while the silk floats on top. This enabled the ruling Islamic nobility to flaunt and wear the luxurious sheen of silk without breaking religious law. Mashroo became a widely popular export to the Ottoman Empire. In Patan, Hindu merchants and traders also took a liking to this fabric and created adaptat ions of ce rtain typical motifs, colors and tie-dye.
