The monsoon season sees an explosion of these green stems across the Mahanadi Belt in the Orissa region, India. Its fertile coastal aspect, adds a unique textural quality to the strong fibres. The plant is then immerse it in slow-running water and then stripped before weaving it into stunning, long-lasting designs.
Each of the Jute Weaves below date back to the nineteenth century and would have graced the floors of some of the world’s finest homes at the time, as they still do today.