馃嚚馃嚦 The sarees of China
3 sarees from China, best known first, across 3 centres and states.
馃嚠馃嚦 India and 5 moreResist dyeing
Cloth patterned by keeping dye off part of the fabric with wax, paste, ties or clampsIkat 路 Tie-dye
馃嚚馃嚦 China and 5 moreBrocade
A decorative shuttle-woven silk fabric patterned with raised supplementary-weft motifsSilk 路 Brocade 路 Zari work
馃嚠馃嚦 India and 1 moreTussar silkkosa
Wild silk with a deep gold sheen, reeled from forest cocoons, woven into sarees in IndiaTussar 路 Kantha 路 Hand painting
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tussar silk: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Brocade: After James Lehman (England, circa 1688-1745), Public domain, source
- Resist dyeing: Ardyansa Nugraha, CC BY-SA 4.0, source