All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreMadras
A light handwoven cotton cloth of bright checks, named after the city of ChennaiCotton · Checks and stripes · Embroidery
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMundumuṇṭŭ
A cotton cloth wrapped at the waist, edged with the thicker woven line called the karaCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTant sari
A light, see-through cotton saree from Bengal with a heavy borderCotton · Jamdani · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari
A silk sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with gold and silver zariSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariचिकनकारी (Urdu: چکن کاری)
White thread hand embroidery from Lucknow, stitched on pale, sheer clothCotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaChattayum mundumചട്ടയും മുണ്ടും
A two-piece white cotton dress of Kerala's Syrian Christian womenCotton · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery
A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKutch embroidery
Hand-stitched mirror work from Kutch, Gujarat, made by women of its tribal communitiesCotton · Embroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee
A heavy black and red embroidered textile woven by Meitei craftswomen in ManipurCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A cotton saree with a loop-joined silk pallu and broad red border, from Ilkal, KarnatakaCotton · Zari work · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaPhool Patti ka Kaam
Flowers and leaves cut from cloth and hemmed on, an appliqué craft of Aligarh and RampurCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaToda embroiderypukhoor
Red and black thread embroidery on white cotton, worked by Toda women in the NilgirisCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKasuti
Counted-thread folk embroidery from Karnataka, stitched on Ilkal and Mysore silk sareesCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBalinese textiles
The woven cloths of Bali, from sacred double ikat to gold-dusted ceremony wearCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇲🇲 MyanmarLongyiလုံချည်
A wrap of cloth worn in Myanmar, sewn into a tube and folded at the waistCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik
🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari
Metal-wrapped thread made in Surat and woven into silk sarees across IndiaSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKebayaꦏꦼꦧꦪ
A front-opening blouse worn across Southeast Asia with a sarong or kainCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaPipili appliqué workଚାନ୍ଦୁଆ
A stitched-cloth craft from Pipili, Odisha, born to dress the chariots of JagannathCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaLanga voniలంగా వోణి
A two-piece half sari worn by girls in South India, a skirt with a short diagonal drapeSilk · Embroidery · Zari work
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreNakshi kanthaনকশি কাঁথা
An embroidered quilt from Bengal, stitched from old sarees with a simple running stitch.Cotton · Kantha · Embroidery
🇲🇷 Mauritania and 5 moreMelhfa
A cotton rectangle wound from head to toe against desert sun, sand and coldCotton · Embroidery
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Chanderi sari: India Untravelled, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mundu: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Tant sari: Billjones94, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chikankari: Joey Berzowska, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chattayum mundum: Alexander J. Mapleton, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kutch embroidery: Jainamishra, CC BY 3.0, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Kasuti: Kannadiga, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Balinese textiles: Chris Hazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Longyi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Surat zari: Hiart, CC0, source
- Kebaya: Simon_sees, CC BY 2.0, source
- Langa voni: Kannadiga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nakshi kantha: A junaid alam khan ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Madras: Shweta Venkateswaran, CC0, source