Deep Black & Dense White & Red Floral Sprig Buti Bagru Block Print Soft Cotton Mulmul Saree with Pom Pom

Deep, magnificent, and alive with the full grandeur of Rajasthan's most celebrated block printing heritage — this Bagru Hand Block Printed Cotton Mulmul Saree in deep black is a saree of extraordinary decorative complexity and festive magnificence. The deep black mulmul cotton body carries a breathtaking dense all-over scatter of small, delicate white and red floral sprig buti motifs — each buti a complete miniature flowering plant form with a slender white stem, small white leaf pairs, and a fully bloomed compact white daisy flower head with a vivid red mordant print centre, printed in a precise, tightly packed diagonal repeat that covers the entire black body with luminous white botanical freshness and warm red accent glow. The border is a grand multi-register composition of great architectural ambition — a bold ivory and red scallop fan arch register, a vivid red stripe band, and fine geometric accent registers creating a richly layered border of maximum decorative depth. The pallu is the most magnificent element — a breathtaking large-scale grand elephant procession composition: bold, fully rendered white and red decorative elephant forms processing in stately single file across a rich ivory/cream ground, each elephant adorned with traditional Rajasthani decorative caparison detailing, surrounded by dense botanical and geometric fill work. Multiple vivid vertical stripe registers frame the elephant procession on both sides — red, teal, and cream stripe bands of bold graphic presence. The entire lower hem and both pallu side edges are finished with a joyful multicolour pompom fringe — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The included blouse piece is in fine black and white narrow stripe cotton. Woven in the finest cotton mulmul and printed in the authentic Bagru hand block tradition, this is a saree of complete, deeply magnificent, and joyfully festive craft beauty.

The Fabric — Fine Cotton Mulmul Cotton mulmul is the most beloved of all Indian summer fabrics — extraordinarily fine, open-weave cotton of the highest breathability and softness:

• Featherweight and gossamer-fine — the lightest of all cotton weaves, supremely comfortable in India's warmth
• Extraordinarily soft against the skin — mulmul softens further with every wash, becoming more beautiful with time
• A fine, open weave structure allowing maximum air circulation — the definitive summer and monsoon saree fabric
• A deep black base that takes Bagru white resist and red mordant block print with extraordinary luminosity and warmth
• A characteristic soft, airy drape — fluid and effortlessly graceful — making mulmul sarees among the most comfortable of all saree fabrics

The Bagru Block Print Tradition Bagru, on the outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan, is home to generations of Chhipa artisan families practising hand block printing with natural and vegetable dyes — including the dabu mud resist and natural indigo and mineral dye processes — for centuries. This saree represents Bagru block printing at its most ambitious and multi-register complex: a dense all-over buti body in white resist and red mordant on deep black, combined with a grand heritage elephant procession pallu of magnificent craft ambition — the full vocabulary of Bagru's greatest block printing tradition expressed in a single magnificent saree.

The Colour Deep black — the most powerful and sophisticated of all ground colours — creates on fine cotton mulmul a surface of extraordinary depth and presence. Against this deep black ground, the white block print achieves a luminosity and brilliance that is impossible on any other ground — the characteristic brilliance of white resist print on deep-dyed black cotton, where the preserved white areas glow with an intensity that appears almost back-lit. The vivid red mordant print accents — the flower centres of each buti, the stripe borders, the elephant caparison detailing — glow with warm jewel-like colour against the deep black, creating the classic Bagru three-colour palette of black, white, and red at its most dramatic and beautiful.

The Body — Deep Black with Dense White & Red Floral Sprig Buti The deep black mulmul body carries a magnificently dense all-over repeat of small white and red floral sprig buti motifs — delicate, botanically precise, and of great decorative richness:

Each floral sprig buti consists of:

• A slender upright white stem — a fine, clean vertical line forming the central axis of each buti, rendered in crisp white resist print
• Small white paired leaf forms — one or two pairs of small, precisely rendered white leaf forms branching symmetrically from the lower stem — each leaf with a fine midrib line and clean outline
• White daisy flower head — at the crown of each stem, a fully rendered white daisy/sunflower form: a complete circle of fine white petals arranged around a central disc — the petals precisely printed with clean, crisp edges
• Vivid red flower centre — within the white daisy flower head, a bold red mordant print circular centre — a small vivid red disc at the heart of each white flower, creating a brilliant red accent point within each buti; the red centres scattered across the deep black body like a galaxy of tiny warm jewels
• White dot accent fills — small white dot accents at the base of each buti and between the leaf forms add further delicate botanical detail

The butis are arranged in a dense staggered diagonal repeat — alternating rows offset at precise half-drop intervals, all butis uniformly upright — creating a body of extraordinary rhythmic density and botanical luminosity. The overall effect is of a deep black textile dusted with hundreds of white and red floral sparks — simultaneously deep, warm, and brilliantly alive.

The Border — Grand Multi-Register Scallop Fan, Red Stripe & Geometric Along the lower hem, a richly layered multi-register border composition of great architectural ambition creates a beautifully considered base:

Upper Register — Ivory & Red Scallop Fan Arch:

• A wide, dominant band of bold ivory/cream ground carrying a large-scale repeating scallop fan arch composition in deep red — each scallop a wide, precisely rendered fan arch form filled with fine red geometric leaf and petal detailing; the scallop fans arranged in a continuous overlapping horizontal repeat of great visual richness and architectural grandeur; this is one of the most impressive and heritage-rich of all Bagru border compositions

Vivid Red Stripe Band:

• A bold, wide horizontal band of vivid solid red running as a powerful chromatic separator between the scallop fan register and the body — the characteristic Bagru red stripe of maximum festive energy

Fine Geometric Accent Registers:

• Between the major registers, fine narrow bands of small geometric repeat patterns — tiny diamond and dot forms in white and red on black — create precise decorative transitions of great refinement

Border Line Framing:

• Clean line borders frame the full multi-register composition at top and bottom with architectural precision

The Pallu — Grand Elephant Procession Heritage Composition The pallu is the most magnificent and awe-inspiring element of this saree — a grand Bagru elephant procession composition of the highest traditional ambition and craft order:

The Elephant Procession: Large, fully rendered decorative elephant forms process in stately single file across the full width of the pallu — each elephant depicted in the classic Rajasthani decorated elephant style:

• Grand elephant body forms — each elephant rendered in bold white resist outline on an ivory/cream ground within the pallu elephant register: majestic, full-bodied forms with characteristic arched trunk, rounded forehead, large ear, and strong leg forms
• Vivid red decorative caparison fills — within each elephant body, rich red mordant print fills create the traditional Rajasthani elephant decoration: caparison cloth patterns, body marking fills, ornamental border detailing along the elephant's back — the red fills creating a powerful chromatic contrast with the white elephant outline and ivory ground
• Fine botanical and floral fill detailing — surrounding each elephant, dense fine botanical fills of small floral sprigs, leaf forms, and vine detailing in red and black complete the pallu ground between the elephant forms
• Stately procession arrangement — the elephants process in a dignified vertical single-file column across the pallu width, each elephant slightly overlapping or closely following the next — creating the characteristic grand Rajasthani elephant procession composition of great heritage authority

Framing Stripe Registers: On both sides of the elephant procession panel, bold vertical stripe registers of great graphic presence frame the procession:

• Vivid red vertical stripe — a wide, bold red stripe band immediately flanking the elephant panel on both sides — creating maximum chromatic contrast and visual energy
• Teal/aqua geometric stripe — alongside the red, a bold teal or aqua-green vertical stripe band carrying fine white geometric leaf vine detailing — a beautiful, surprising chromatic accent of great contemporary freshness
• Cream geometric register — further out, fine cream and red geometric registers with small repeating diamond and fan motifs complete the multi-stripe pallu border composition

Scallop Fan Border Continuation: The same grand scallop fan arch border from the lower hem runs along both long edges of the pallu — creating a beautifully unified border vocabulary that ties the hem and pallu borders together with complete design coherence.

The Multicolour Pompom Hem The entire lower hem and both long side edges of the pallu are finished with a magnificent multicolour pompom fringe — a full rainbow of vivid red, bright orange, sunshine yellow, fresh green, sky blue, and deep purple pompoms alternating in joyful succession. Each pompom is a round, tightly wound tuft of soft cotton thread. Against the deep black ground of the saree body and the vivid stripe registers of the pallu, the multicolour pompoms create a spectacular chromatic celebration — each colour of the rainbow pompom picking up elements of the multi-register pallu stripe palette, unifying the full saree colour composition in the most joyful and festive possible way.

The Blouse Piece — Fine Black & White Narrow Stripe The included 1 metre blouse piece is in fine black and white narrow stripe cotton — tight, precise alternating narrow stripes of deep black and clean white running the full length of the blouse fabric, creating a clean, graphic, and beautifully restrained blouse piece of great contemporary elegance. The narrow stripe blouse provides a perfectly considered minimal graphic companion to the maximally decorated saree body and pallu — the simplest possible blouse choice that is simultaneously the most intelligent: the black-and-white stripe echoing the black and white of the saree body palette without competing with the extraordinary decorative richness of the saree.

Fabric & Details

• Fabric: Fine Cotton Mulmul — featherweight, supremely soft and breathable
• Technique: Bagru Hand Block Printing — white resist print and red mordant print on deep black ground; traditional Rajasthani Chhipa artisan craft; multi-colour pallu stripe
• Colour: Deep Black ground | Dense White & Red Floral Sprig Buti Body | Grand Ivory & Red Elephant Procession Pallu | Multi-Register Scallop Fan & Red Stripe Border | Teal & Red Vertical Pallu Stripes
• Hem Trim: Multicolour pompom fringe (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) along full lower hem and pallu side edges
• Blouse Piece: 1 metre fine black and white narrow stripe cotton (unstitched)

Size & Includes

• Saree Length: 5.5 metres
• Blouse Piece: 1 metre (unstitched — fine black and white narrow stripe cotton)
• Total: 6.5 metres

Care Instructions Gentle hand wash separately in cold water. Use mild detergent. Do not soak or wring. Dry flat in shade to preserve the deep black ground depth and white and red block print luminosity and crispness. First wash may release slight excess dye — wash separately. Cotton mulmul softens and drapes more beautifully with every wash. Iron on medium cotton setting while slightly damp. Hand wash the pompom trim gently — do not machine wash or wring the pompom edge.

Ideal For Festive occasions, Navratri, Diwali, cultural events, heritage textile exhibitions, wedding functions, evening gatherings, art events, premium everyday dressing, and every occasion that calls for a saree of deep, magnificent, multi-register craft beauty — for the woman who understands that deep black is the most sophisticated ground a block print can carry, that the elephant procession is the most majestic and auspicious of all Rajasthani heritage motifs, that teal and red stripes on a black saree are simultaneously the most ancient and most contemporary design choice possible, and that a rainbow pompom hem is the most joyful and honest declaration that handcraft makes of its own irreplaceable beauty.