The Journal
Quiet essays on the art, the motifs, and the women who paint them — written from our atelier, for the woman who wears the piece.
Buyer's Guide · 8 min read
Five tests for the buyer who wants to be sure — natural pigments, brush variation, the back of the fabric, and what an artisan-painted edge looks like up close.
Read the guideSymbolism · 12 min read
The Kohbar, the lotus, the fish, the tree of life, the sun and moon, the peacock. What each motif has meant in Mithila for two thousand years — and what it might mean to wear it now.
Read the essayThe Sita Within · 10 min read
Janakī, Vaidehī, Bhūmijā, Maithilī, Sītā. The five names of Sita are five different ways she has been known — and our four collections are named for the first four. Here is what each one carries.
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