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Bisaat or the Chess Board, along with Chess pieces, a classic leitmotif of Awadhi culture on a saree! Art finds a language via Chikankari in this wearable art saree!

The Sustainability Quotient (TSQ):

• Conceptual Art saree celebrating the iconography of Lucknow, a unique wearable art.
• Resham Chikankari (Hand Embroidery Practised Since Ancient Age)
• Meiraas exclusive motifs
• Handloom Chanderi
• Museum quality Chikankari sarees that can be handed down generation to generation as a treasure.

Khayal (moodboard):

Taking inspiration from celebrated Indian author, Munshi Premchand’s story, Shatranj Ke Khiladi, we created Bisaat. Celebrated Indian Filmmaker, Satyajit Ray, also made a classic adaptation of this story in 1977.

Bisaat or the chessboard was the biggest conversation starter in Awadh; this past legacy has been recreated on this showstopper saree.

POSHAAK (about the dress):

For this saree our team created the following, as this one was the toughest to make:

1.) The Chess pieces have been researched painstakingly & created true to Nawabi Era, instead of popular Queen’s chess. We have created Badshaah (King), Wazir (Minister – no Queen then), Ghoda (horse), Haathi (elephant).

2.) Once the idea was conceptualised, our team created original artwork, that was later drawn by hand on a block of wood by Block Making Artisans of Lucknow.

3.) The Artwork was then painstakingly engraved using 7 different kind of chisels, till the block pattern emerged. This was polished with peanut oil & dried in sun, ready to be used.

4.) This block was then brushed with Blue Dye & hand blocked on the fabric as per the design sensibility.

5.) The printed fabric was taken to our embroiderers who created this final masterpiece. Out of these, the Chessboard in the Paisley was the toughest to make, as the Chessboard is actually square, but the artisan had to learn how to skill-fully create black & white chessboard in an abstract Paisley shape.

This 3 D art saree is feather light & has a mustard orange base, to bring out the beauty of Ebony & Ivory chess pieces.

Styling Tip: This is a saree you treasure & hand down generation to generation. Wear it for day wedding functions, small intimate gatherings, in office, or when you want to dress up & listen to old vintage songs!! The possibilities are endless with a classic.