Fontainhas Print Saree

Fontainhas surprises people. They come expecting a tourist attraction and find instead a neighbourhood that is simply still living, washing on the lines, cats on the windowsills, the smell of lunch coming from behind a painted door. The colours of the houses are not curated for Instagram. They are the colours that someone chose for their home a hundred years ago and that have been fading into something more beautiful ever since. Our founder walks through Fontainhas regularly, sketchbook in hand. Not to document it, she is not a photographer, but to find the details that translate into print. The exact geometry of a tile panel on a particular wall. The repeating pattern in a wrought iron balcony railing. The colour combination of a faded ochre wall with a deep green shutter. Each Fontainhas detail becomes a custom wooden block in Bagru, Rajasthan, pressed by hand onto Chanderi and linen using azo free dyes in colours that our artisan partners arrive at without a shade card, matching the particular faded tones of old Goan architecture purely from experience. Free shipping across India. With matching blouse piece