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'Haldi' Photo Frame in Wood

Name: 'Haldi' Photo Frame in Wood
Brand: Karo
Price: 99.00 GBP
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A photo frame in hand-painted wood with a warm beige-gold ground and a jewelled multicolour decorative surface worked across the frame face. Made to hold a 7×5in photograph. Haldi is the beige expression of the Amrapali range, using the same shaped wooden base and layered hand-painted process as Mayuri (teal).

Dimensions
Inner frame: 7 × 5in
Outer frame: 28 × 23cm

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Delivered from India | Estimated Delivery time: 2 to 3 weeks

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Etymology

'Haldi' (Hindi: हल्दी) — turmeric; the rhizome ground to a warm golden-beige powder used across Indian cooking, ceremony, and healing. In the haldi ritual before a wedding, the paste is applied to the skin to bring warmth and luminosity. The colour is not yellow, not orange — it is the specific golden-beige of the ground root, which is exactly the tone of this frame's base.

In Your Home

Haldi brings warmth to pale walls and complements wood-toned furniture naturally. Its beige-gold ground makes the decorative surface read as considered, not crowded. Groups naturally with Ksheer and Mayuri from the same workshop range.

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Accent pieces involve intricate, time-intensive processes, moving through stages of shaping, finishing, and refinement. Materials and finishes may require time to settle, cure, or be sealed before dispatch, with slight variations based on conditions and workshop processes.

Approximate Making and Shipping Timeline:

Accent production: 2-3 weeks
Domestic delivery (within India): 3–5 days
International delivery: 1 week

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Provenance

Haldi belongs to the Amrapali painted wood workshop range from Jodhpur — the same craft tradition as the Abeer frames (Kumkum, Ksheer) but with its own colour identity. The workshop technique is consistent: wood shaped to a standard profile, painted in layers of hand-applied colour, then embellished with applied motifs and accent details to build the jewelled surface quality.

Beige-gold in Rajasthani craft holds a specific cultural resonance. Haldi paste is applied in the haldi ceremony before a wedding — across the hands, face, and arms of the bride and groom — to soften and warm the skin with its golden colour. It is among the most elemental colours in Indian ceremonial life: the colour of preparation, of the transition that precedes celebration. Here it is the ground colour of a frame that holds what matters.

As with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.

'Haldi' Photo Frame in Wood

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'Haldi' Photo Frame in Wood

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'Haldi' Photo Frame in Wood

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