All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreWoodblock printing on textiles
Patterns pressed onto cloth with hand-carved wooden blocks, the chhapa of South Asia.Linen · Block print
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreChintzछींट
A painted or woodblock-printed floral cotton cloth originating in GolcondaCotton · Block print · Hand painting
🇮🇳 IndiaDukula
An ancient Indian cloth of tree-bark fibre, fine like linen and likened to silkLinen
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreBrocade
A decorative shuttle-woven silk fabric patterned with raised supplementary-weft motifsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇬🇷 GreeceHimationἱμάτιον
An ancient Greek draped mantle of woven wool or linen, worn without pinsWool · Embroidery · Hand painting
🇮🇳 IndiaTarpaya
An ancient Indian fine silk or linen cloth worn as a ritual lower garmentSilk
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Woodblock printing on textiles: William Morris, Public domain, source
- Chintz: Karun Thakar Collection photo. Work by unknown Coromandel artisans. Ph, Public domain, source
- Himation: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brocade: After James Lehman (England, circa 1688-1745), Public domain, source