Bhadohi, India
Asha Handloom weaves at Jagatpur Bisauli Kripalpur in Gyanpur, Bhadohi, and keeps a showroom at Sushant Lok Phase 1 in Gurugram. The work is led by the designer Ram Chander and began more than two decades ago in handwoven textiles. Production runs on jacquard and treadle looms and takes in kantha stitching and khadi, with yarn hand drawn and palm rolled, using tussar silk native to Orissa, Bihar and Chhattisgarh alongside merino wool, linen and cotton, and no chemical processes are used. Its catalogue covers throws, shawls, bed covers, cushion covers, curtains, table linen, upholstery fabric and rugs. United States customs records show four shipments between April 2017 and September 2020, the full run of its visible record, all of them rugs and carpets consigned to the Texas rug company Loloi.
Throws woven on jacquard handlooms in merino wool and tussar silk. The tussar is sourced from the silk growing belt of Orissa, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
Silk shawls handwoven by the company's own weavers. They sit alongside the home range rather than apart from it.
Bed covers in merino wool and tussar silk carrying handwoven jacquard designs. They are produced on the same treadle and jacquard looms as the rest of the range.
Handcrafted upholstery fabric offered for interior work, with customisation of colour and weave. The company groups it with curtains under home decor upholsteries.
Handwoven rugs made at the Bhadohi workshop. This is the line that appears in the company's United States export record, shipped as rugs and carpets.
Cushion covers woven in merino wool and tussar silk on the same handlooms as the throws.
4 recorded shipments · first shipment 2017 · latest shipment Sep 2020 · buyers include Loloi, Inc