Is this Madhubani coaster set hand-painted?

Each Madhubani coaster face in this set is painted by hand rather than transfer-printed. The evidence is variation: line weight and border density shift slightly from one face to the next. Printed sets repeat a single image with no such drift.

How many coasters are in the set and do they come with a stand?

The set count and whether a holder is included are not stated in the listing description, so check the product specifications before ordering. Comparable Madhubani sets are sold in fours and sixes, often with a stand. Confirm both if you are buying it as a gift.

Will a steel tumbler damage them?

A steel tumbler is harder on a coaster than a mug because chilled metal sweats and leaves standing water behind. The face is sealed for contact with a wet glass, not for sitting in a puddle. Wipe the water off rather than letting it pool.

Are they dishwasher safe?

Do not put these through a dishwasher. Sustained heat and detergent will lift a sealed painted surface faster than anything else you could do to them. A damp cloth and a dry wipe is the whole cleaning routine.

Why is a Bihar craft being made in Uttar Pradesh?

This set was made in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, while the Madhubani painting tradition belongs to the Mithila region of Bihar. Crafts carried in the hand rather than tied to a workshop travel with the people who practise them, and artisan livelihood collectives form where the work is. The tradition is Mithila's; the making of this set was not.

What are Madhubani painting coasters made of?

The base material for these Madhubani painting coasters is listed in the product specifications rather than the description, and it is worth checking before you buy. Sets in this craft are usually built on wood or a sealed board. The painted and sealed face is what does the work either way.

Do the motifs mean anything?

The motifs are drawn from the Mithila repertoire, in which the fish signals abundance, the peacock beauty and the coming of rain, and the lotus purity. Each face usually carries one creature or one symmetrical device. That readability is why a set gifts better than an abstract pattern would.

Is this suitable for corporate or bulk gifting?

Coaster sets are a standard corporate gifting choice because they are useful, compact and need no sizing. Hand-painted stock is limited by how fast it can be painted, so confirm quantity and lead time before committing to a volume order. Expect faces to vary between sets, which is the nature of the work.

Do these coasters carry a GI tag?

Madhubani painting holds a GI registration granted in 2007, verifiable at ipindia.gov.in/gi, and that registration covers the painting tradition rather than every object the style is applied to. This set is not sold as a GI certified item. Treat it as context for the craft, not a certificate for this product.

How should I store them?

Store them face to face rather than face to base, or in the holder if one came with the set. Keep them out of long direct sunlight, which flattens painted colour over a season. A shaded shelf or a drawer is enough.

Madhubani Coaster Set: Hand-Painted, Gift Ready

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Madhubani Coasters

Rs. 359

Product Details

Mithila's motif repertoire is learned by copying, daughter from mother, until the vocabulary sits in the hand. That is what a coaster set draws on: a fixed cast of creatures and devices, painted small and painted separately, so the faces belong together without being copies of one another. The Prayatna collective in Noida made this set. Differences in line weight between the pieces are the signature of the method.

Art TypeMadhubani

Dimension32X22X6

Materials & Care

Minor glaze and color variations are natural and add character. Handle with care. Wipe with a soft, damp cloth. Avoid harsh chemicals and prolonged direct sun exposure.

Product Disclosure

SKUPR-MDC-02

Style CodePR-MDC

HSN Code97030000

RegionNoida

StateUttar pradesh

Curated byPrayatna

Each piece is handcrafted, so slight variations in colour, texture and dimension are natural and celebrate its handmade origin.

AS A GIFT, FIRST: A painted coaster set is the most forgiving craft gift there is. No size, no fit, no colour matching against a room you have not seen. It lands, it goes on the table, and it is in use by the end of the week, which is more than most decorative gifts manage. For a griha pravesh or a Diwali hamper it also carries a motif that reads as a good wish rather than just a pattern.

ON AN INDIAN TABLE: These are sized for what actually gets drunk here. A cutting-chai glass, a steel tumbler, a coffee mug, a tall glass of nimbu paani. The steel tumbler is the one to watch, because a cold tumbler sweats more than a ceramic mug and leaves a ring of standing water behind.

WHAT TO PUT THEM ON: Bare wood, stone, or a plain cloth. The palette is loud by design, so a printed or embroidered runner underneath turns the whole surface busy and the coaster is the first thing to disappear in it. Grouped on a tray near the kettle they work as a display when nobody is drinking.

WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN USE: Stack them face to face rather than face to base, or keep them in the holder if the set came with one. Left out on a sunny sill, painted colour flattens over a season. A drawer or a shaded shelf costs nothing.

QUICK CARE: Damp cloth, then dry the face. No soaking, no dishwasher, no scouring pad, no alcohol spray. That is the whole rule.

1. THE REPERTOIRE IS INHERITED, NOT DESIGNED: Madhubani was for most of its history a domestic practice, painted on the walls of Mithila homes by the women of the household and learned by watching rather than from a book. What passes down is a fixed vocabulary: which creatures are painted, how a fish is turned in profile, where a border goes.

2. WHY A SET LOOKS LIKE A SET: That inheritance is the practical reason a hand-painted coaster set holds together. The faces are not stencilled from one master, yet they share a palette, a line weight and a border logic, because they come out of one learned repertoire. Uniformity in a printed set is mechanical. Coherence in a painted set is trained.

3. THE CRAFT TRAVELS WITH THE PAINTER: A tradition carried in the hand rather than in a workshop moves when people move. This set was made by the Prayatna collective in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, in a painting tradition that belongs to Mithila in Bihar. Naming both is more honest than implying a Bihar workshop.

4. FINISHING FOR THE TABLE: Once the faces are painted they are sealed, which is the step that turns a small painting into an object a wet glass can sit on.