Thanjavur sari - Srichuram and red

An attempt to re-create one of my favourite saris in the V&A Museum collection. The original sari is in cotton with the "boteh" or flower spray on the pallu! 
 
Srichurnam and red, the elaborate pallu - Red blouse

'Women's wrapped garment (sari), yellow silk with red borders and gold end, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, c.1855; Textile - Silk sari with yellow checked field and red borders.Pallu of metal-wrapped thread and boteh (flower spray) motifs in tapestry-woven coloured silks"