This is a handwoven green silk saree featuring chatai border along with aakroti work. The weaving of this saree takes 18-24 months. The saree features small golden bootis on it and has a contrast zari palla with peacock motifs on it. It comes with an unstitched blouse piece. Saree Size: 216 Inches, Blouse Size: 70 cms Paithani is a variety of saree named after the Piathan town in Maharashtra state where they are woven by hand. A Paithani saree is made of silk in rich, vivid colours with gold embroidery. In the modern Paithani sarees, silver threads coated with gold are used instead of pure gold threads. Weaving of the saree could take between 18 to 24 months, depending upon the complexity of the design. The specialty of the paithani is its border and palla. Earlier just 2-3 colours were popular which were integrated in the sari in the dhup chaon pattern. A heavily brocaded Paithani sari takes anywhere from six months to one and a half years to get fully ready.