Gulabi Gulistan Wash Bag

Gulistan means rose garden. In Persian poetry, the gulistan is not just a place. It is a state of abundance, a world where everything is in flower at once.
This cloth earns the name. The pattern is a dense floral, large blooms and broad leaves filling every inch of the blush pink ground in cream and soft gold. There is no background visible between the motifs, no breathing room, no gap. The flowers simply continue, one into the next, the way a garden looks in the height of summer when growth has overtaken every available space.
Sanganer has been printing this kind of all-over floral for generations. The pattern uses multiple blocks in sequence, each one adding a layer of detail over the last. The broad cream forms come first, laying down the structure of each flower and leaf. Then the gold, picking out the fine lines within each petal that give the motif its depth and warmth. The blush pink ground sits beneath all of it, dyed before a single block touches the cloth.
The result is a pattern that rewards close attention. From a distance it reads as texture, a soft pink surface covered in something pale and intricate. Up close it resolves into individual flowers, each one carefully rendered, each one placed by hand.
Once printed, the cotton is hand-quilted along vertical channels for structure and a soft padded weight, then bound with a hand-woven pink and white stripe trim. A gold zip runs across the top, finished with a tassel pull.
The wash bag that turns the bathroom shelf into a garden.

Every Gulabi Gulistan wash bag is printed and stitched by hand, so no two are quite the same. The all-over nature of this pattern means variation appears across the entire surface rather than in isolated spots. You may notice a flower where the cream sits a little fuller in one petal, or a gold line that caught the dye more warmly in one area. The blush pink ground may carry a slightly different warmth from piece to piece. This is a pattern that has been made by hand for generations, and the evidence of those hands is woven into every piece.

• Wipe clean with a damp cloth for daily care
• Machine-wash on a gentle cycle in cool water
• Wash separately the first time, colours may release slightly
• Air-dry away from direct sunlight
• Steam or iron on a low heat if needed

UK delivery

• Standard delivery — £5.95, free over £60. Royal Mail tracked, 3–5 working days.
• Express delivery — £7.95. Royal Mail tracked, 1–2 working days.
• Order before 2pm Monday–Friday for same-day dispatch. Orders placed after 2pm, or over the weekend, dispatch the next working day.

International delivery

We ship worldwide. Rates and timeframes calculated at checkout based on your destination. Customs duties and import taxes are not included and are the customer's responsibility.

Returns

You have 14 days from receiving your order to return it. Items must be unused, in their original condition and packaging.

For change-of-mind returns, we email you a Royal Mail returns link — no printer needed, no postage to pay upfront. The cost of return postage is deducted from your refund.

For faulty, damaged or incorrect items, we cover return postage in full and refund your original delivery charge. Sale items are final.

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Every piece in our collection is sourced directly from artisan workshops we know by name. We pay fairly, we visit often, and we believe the people who make a thing should be valued as much as the thing itself. We use natural dyes wherever possible, plastic-free packaging in every order, and we donate a share of every sale back into the craft communities we work with.

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