Rang Mahal Jaal Frill Makeup Bag

Rang Mahal means palace of colour. It is a fitting name for a pattern this rich.
The jaal here is unlike the flowing floral vines of Sanganer. This is a geometric jaal, an interlocking lattice of ogee shapes that tile across the cloth in a repeating pattern borrowed from the architecture of Rajasthan's old palaces. The arched windows, the carved stone screens, the inlaid marble floors. All of it ends up in the textiles eventually.
The pattern uses four colours printed in sequence across the cloth. The sage outline comes first, laying down the lattice structure. Then the red, filling the ogee shapes. Then the gold, adding warmth between the forms. Then the white resist at the centre of each shape, the cotton itself doing the final work. Four blocks, four passes, every one of them placed by hand in Sanganer.
A jaal pattern at this level of complexity is slow to produce. The printer must maintain the registration across every pass, the second block landing precisely over the first, the third over the second. The slight softness where colours meet at the edges is not imprecision. It is the nature of the technique, and it is what separates this cloth from anything printed by a machine.
The same fabric is gathered into a full frill that runs all the way around the bag, the lattice breaking into movement as the cloth is pleated. A gold zip runs across the top, finished with a self-fabric tassel pull and our small metal tiger.
The frilly bag that looks like it was made for a palace dressing table.

Every Rang Mahal Jaal bag is printed and stitched by hand, so no two are quite the same. The four colour layers in this pattern mean there is more variation here than in any other bag in the frill range. You may notice a colour that sits slightly outside its outline in one area, or a gold that catches the dye a little more warmly in one section than another. The sage and red may vary in intensity from piece to piece. The frill is gathered by hand, so its fullness will shift slightly around the bag. This is a complex pattern produced by a skilled hand, and the evidence of that hand is visible 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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