Finesse in  flowers-petal designs, curves and delicacy are the prime specialties of  Sanganer prints. The curvature of flowers in the ’bootas’ is generally  shown on the right side. Different types of flowers and plants are displayed in  the form of ‘bel’ (a border) and ‘boota’ very naturally and in a really  attractive manner. 
					  Some of the flowers used in the prints are roses, rosettes, lotuses, lotus bud,  sunflower, lily, ‘champa’ ‘canna’ ‘nergis’, marigold etc. Various other flower  creations are also found in old Sanganeri prints. Other flowers used are  locally known as ‘sosan’, ‘gainda’, ‘gulmehendi’, ‘javakusum’, ‘guldaudi’,  ‘kachnar’, ‘jatadari lily’, ‘kaner’, ‘kanna’, ‘gullalla’, etc. ‘Sosan’ and  ‘gullala’ prints are probably very suitable to sanganeri prints, therefore they  are used in various forms. 
					   
					  In ‘booties’,  generally, only one type of flower-petal and bud creations  in the  following forms : ‘badam, (almond)’, ‘paan’ (beetle leaf), ‘mukut  of  ‘kalanga’, While printing a saree, if the ‘booti’ is of ‘sosan’ flower or plant  the ‘bel’ will also be of ‘sosan’ flower and the big’boota’ to be done on the  ‘pallu’ (the end part of a saree) will also be of ‘sosan’ flower decoration.  Hence, for printing one sari, a large number of blocks need to be made. In some  ‘booties’ one finds a collection of more than one flower in the same product.  Sometimes two different blocks of two different ‘booties’ are printed together  to form a third type of ‘booti’ e.g. ‘Singhbal booti’. By printing different  booties together, the Sanganeri ‘chhipas’ have portrayed excellent know how.  Sometimes more than three flowers are fitted beautifully in a single ‘booti’  e.g. in ‘Latkan booti’ banana tree, sosan tree and saro tree collection in  assembled beautifully in one pattern.Different ‘boota’ booti, and ‘bel’ have  been named by the ‘chhipas’ according to their shape find according to the  flowers and fruits used in those. These were very appropriate and interesting. 
                      Many flowers used in Sanganeri prints are not found in  Rajasthan, and most of the craftsmen of Rajasthan have never seen them. On this  basis, Historian James watt has said, “Obviously many of the Sanganeri designs portray  flowers that in not likely to have been seen by the calico printers nor by the  block engravers of Rajputana. In spite of these circumstances, however, there  seems every reason to believe that the craft has been handed down for centuries  and has come to use in all the purity of original inspiration. The nature,  feeling and color reciprocity, as also the technique in printing are all  perfect while the absence of machine regularity gives a charm that place these  goods above and beyond anything as yet accomplished in Europe.”  Apartfrom  flowers, fruit trees of banana, dates, grapes pomegranate etc. have also been  recreated in a very attractive manner. In some old prints figures of parrots  and fish are also seen. Since about fifty years, elephant. Horse, camel,  peacock and human figures are also used. These are mostly seen on curtains,  bed-covers, table clothes etc.The doo-rookhi style of  printing is also popular in Sanganer. This is printing done on both sides of  the fabric.  
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