All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇵🇰 PakistanSindhi embroideryسنڌي ٿرت
Needlework and mirror embroidery crafted across the desert communities of SindhEmbroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaLambada embroidery
Mirror-and-cowrie hand embroidery by Banjara women of Karnataka and TelanganaEmbroidery · Appliqué
🇮🇳 IndiaGota patti
Rajasthani applique embroidery that stitches down ribbons of gold and silverGeorgette · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaPhool Patti ka Kaam
Flowers and leaves cut from cloth and hemmed on, an appliqué craft of Aligarh and RampurCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBalinese textiles
The woven cloths of Bali, from sacred double ikat to gold-dusted ceremony wearCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaPipili appliqué workଚାନ୍ଦୁଆ
A stitched-cloth craft from Pipili, Odisha, born to dress the chariots of JagannathCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreBrocade
A decorative shuttle-woven silk fabric patterned with raised supplementary-weft motifsSilk · Brocade · 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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sindhi embroidery: Nasreen wafai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lambada embroidery: Daderot, CC0, source
- Gota patti: User:आशीष भटनागर, Public domain, source
- Balinese textiles: Chris Hazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brocade: After James Lehman (England, circa 1688-1745), Public domain, source
- Nakshi kantha: A junaid alam khan ( talk ), Public domain, source