Kairi Table Placements – In the Mango Tradition, Set of Six

Provenance

Kairi is the raw mango — the fruit before it ripens, tart and dense, harvested in the weeks before summer. In Indian craft tradition, the kairi’s distinctive teardrop outline is the original source of the boteh: the motif that travelled westward through Kashmiri shawl weaving and Persian textile trade routes to become the paisley, one of the most widely reproduced decorative forms in the world. The shape began here, on the branch, in the mango grove.

The mango tree (Mangifera indica) is one of the most deeply embedded presences in Indian material and spiritual life — its leaves used to mark auspicious doorways, its fruit depicted in Mughal miniatures and temple carvings, its form reproduced in textiles across centuries. The ‘Kairi’ placements carry this inheritance: a warm, composed design on a beige ground — the richness of a tradition that has always connected the objects around food with something larger than hunger. Set of six, each piece handcrafted individually.

Disclaimer

• These placements are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour across a set are a natural feature of the process.
• Minor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.