ROPE India

ROPE India Natural fiber and Hand made Home furnishing, Storage and Decor in contemporary designs for a Sustainable Living

Inspired by traditional crafts, ROPE International creates contemporary and nature-friendly home furnishing, storage baskets and decor products. ROPE’s exquisite handmade products are made from more than a dozen natural and renewable fibers such as banana fiber, jute, river grass, palm, areca, bamboo, tali-pot and elephant grass, among others. ROPE has trained more than 1000 artisans in villages a

cross its value chain and currently engages more than 300 full time artisans and handloom weavers who hand-craft products designed by ROPE’s design studio. At the heart of ROPE’s mission is the provision of sustainable livelihood to rural artisans and creation of nature friendly products. Having raised family incomes of rural artisans by two to three times, and providing dependable and safe employment, ROPE has significantly impacted several thousand rural families in the last six years of its existence.

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09/01/2023

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ROPE's manufacturing hub is located next to a place known as the fire-cracker capital of India, Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu. The contrast of thousands of workers ...

It was more than 13 years back. I came across a group of handloom weavers in Tanjore, Tamilnadu. They were weaving cotto...
07/08/2021

It was more than 13 years back. I came across a group of handloom weavers in Tanjore, Tamilnadu. They were weaving cotton saris. Their story sounded familiar. -"Cotton handloom sari market has crashed, we have no work and are forced to migrate"-. Then one of them brought me a worn out, old business card. This was given by someone from The Netherlands who visited them a few years back. Moved by their story and inspired by the beauty of the saris they wove, he offered to help by finding some alternate market for their products back in the Netherlands. He had only one condition, as no one wears saris in the Netherlands they have to weave something that he can sell. The weaver then asked me if I can help to connect with the visitor and help figure what other products they can weave.

I could not help them then, but that meeting left a spark. Handloom weaving is a timeless skill. We have to find what to make with it that the modern customers want and appreciate.

More than a decade later, ROPE now employs more than 100 handloom weavers who weave the most exquisite mats, runners and blinds that go all over the world. Some of these weavers were weaving sleeping mats long back and were deprived of their livelihoods when plastic sleeping mats conquered the market. We are not doing any favours to the weavers. We are fortunate to use their skills to create new markets through contemporary product development.

Sreejith Nedumpully, Co-founder, ROPE

02/04/2021
Last in the series of glitters!
26/06/2018

Last in the series of glitters!

Another to the series of glitters!
11/06/2018

Another to the series of glitters!

Next in the glittering series is the shinning combo of natural jute and Zari!
30/05/2018

Next in the glittering series is the shinning combo of natural jute and Zari!

Enjoy the magic of subtle glitters on your table!
28/05/2018

Enjoy the magic of subtle glitters on your table!

Adding the next one to the glittering series!
25/05/2018

Adding the next one to the glittering series!

Add glitters to your dinning table!
21/05/2018

Add glitters to your dinning table!

Add elegance to your dinning through subtle cotton table linen!
15/05/2018

Add elegance to your dinning through subtle cotton table linen!

Bring metallic home!
09/05/2018

Bring metallic home!

Introducing the jacquard table linen in three different colours!
02/05/2018

Introducing the jacquard table linen in three different colours!

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Rope International, IIT Madras Research Park, Cluster No. 1, Kanagam Road, Taramani
Chennai
600113

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+914466469819

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Inspired by traditional crafts, ROPE International creates contemporary and nature-friendly home furnishing, storage baskets and decor products. ROPE’s exquisite handmade products are made from more than a dozen natural and renewable fibers such as banana fiber, jute, river grass, palm, areca, bamboo, tali-pot and elephant grass, among others. ROPE has trained more than 1000 artisans in villages across its value chain and currently engages more than 300 full time artisans and handloom weavers who hand-craft products designed by ROPE’s design studio. At the heart of ROPE’s mission is the provision of sustainable livelihood to rural artisans and creation of nature friendly products. Having raised family incomes of rural artisans by two to three times, and providing dependable and safe employment, ROPE has significantly impacted several thousand rural families in the last six years of its existence.