Gulnaar Bel Frill Mini Pouch

The pomegranate has been flowering in Indian textiles for as long as there have been Indian textiles. It appears in Mughal miniatures, in the carved stone of Rajasthani temples, in the embroidery of Gujarat and the weaving of Kashmir. In Sanganer it found its way onto a teakwood block and from there onto cotton, where it has been repeating ever since.
The gulnaar bel is a climbing vine pattern, the pomegranate flower sitting on a short stem with paired leaves, repeating in vertical columns across the sage green ground. It is a quieter pattern than the dense jaal, each motif given space to breathe, the green of the ground showing between each flower and giving the cloth a freshness that denser prints do not have. The pink of the blooms sits warm against the green, the two colours pulling in opposite directions on the colour wheel and landing exactly right.
The green ground is dyed before a single block touches the cloth. Then the dark outline of the stem and leaves, laying down the structure of the vine. Then the pink of the flower, the final pass, the colour that the whole pattern exists to carry.
The same fabric is gathered into a frill that runs all the way around the pouch, the pomegranate flowers tumbling into the pleats as the cloth is gathered. A gold zip runs along the top, finished with a self-fabric knotted tassel and our small metal tiger.
The pouch that carries four hundred years of Indian botanical printing in your pocket.

Every Gulnaar Bel pouch is printed and stitched by hand, so no two are quite the same. The clean spacing of this pattern means variation is visible and honest. You may notice a flower sitting a fraction higher or lower than its neighbour, or a pink bloom that caught the dye a little more deeply on one side. The green ground may carry a slightly different warmth from piece to piece. The frill is gathered by hand, so its fullness will shift slightly around the pouch. This is a pattern that has been made by hand for generations, and the evidence of those hands is in 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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