Sambalpuri Fabric and Stone Studded Choker and Earrings Set

There are textiles that carry a loom's entire biography on their surface. Sambalpuri fabric from Odisha is one of India's most quietly honoured weaving traditions, its ikat-dyed threads bound by a resist technique that predates many of the subcontinent's more celebrated textile arts. This choker and earring set takes that handloom cloth, its characteristic geometric or floral ikat motifs preserved in miniature, and mounts it over an MDF base to give each piece its considered structure and clean edge. Small stones are set directly into the fabric surface, catching light without competing with the weave itself. The choker sits at a compact sixteen-and-a-half millimetres in height (approximately 1.65 cm), and the earrings mirror that height at roughly 1.65 cm tall and 1.27 cm wide. The entire set weighs just ten-and-a-half grams, which is a measure of how thoughtfully the materials have been kept. Wear it against a linen kurta in a muted ground colour and let the ikat pattern do its own speaking. For a more formal register, it sits beautifully at the neckline of a silk chanderi or a handblock cotton sari, bridging the textile traditions of central and eastern India in a single, considered gesture. The free-size choker band accommodates most neck measurements without adjustment. The MDF backing keeps both the choker and the earring drops light against the skin through an afternoon or an evening, making this a set one reaches for instinctively.

Details

• Material: Sambalpuri Fabric and MDF
• Dimensions: Necklace : 0.65 Inch Height
  Earrings - 0.65 Inch Height X 0.5 Inch Width
• Weight: 10.5 g
• SKU: LDD745