Results for "ancient"
14 sarees found.
🇮🇩 IndonesiaTenunꦠꦼꦤꦸꦤ꧀
Handwoven Indonesian cloth created with ancient ikat and supplementary metallic threadsCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaDukula
An ancient Indian cloth of tree-bark fibre, fine like linen and likened to silkLinen
🇮🇳 IndiaAntariya
Ancient India's long strip of cloth for the lower body, pleated in frontCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaUttariyaउत्तरीय
An unstitched upper-body cloth from ancient India, wrapped over the shoulder or armsCotton
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDupattaदुपट्टा, دوپٹہ
A versatile long scarf and veil draped with traditional ensembles across South AsiaSilk · Brocade · Tie-dye
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreBrocade
A decorative shuttle-woven silk fabric patterned with raised supplementary-weft motifsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreResist dyeing
Cloth patterned by keeping dye off part of the fabric with wax, paste, ties or clampsIkat · Tie-dye
🇮🇹 ItalyToga
A draped semicircular woollen cloth worn by citizens in ancient RomeWool · Embroidery
🇬🇷 GreeceHimationἱμάτιον
An ancient Greek draped mantle of woven wool or linen, worn without pinsWool · Embroidery · Hand painting
🇬🇷 GreeceChlamysχλαμύς
An ancient Greek and Byzantine draped cloak made from a single rectangular clothWool · Embroidery
🇮🇶 Iraq and 3 moreKaunakes
An ancient Mesopotamian wrapped skirt and mantle woven with tufted woolWool
🇧🇩 BangladeshComilla khadi
Hand-spun, hand-woven cloth from Comilla, Bangladesh, once woven on pit loomsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaTarpaya
An ancient Indian fine silk or linen cloth worn as a ritual lower garmentSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaVadhuya
An ancient bridal garment from Vedic India fashioned from cotton, wool, and hideCotton
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Toga: Anonymous ( Category:Roman Empire ) Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Chlamys: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kaunakes: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 4.0, source
- Himation: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Antariya: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Uttariya: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Dupatta: Kinshuk Sunil, CC BY 2.0, source
- Brocade: After James Lehman (England, circa 1688-1745), Public domain, source
- Resist dyeing: Ardyansa Nugraha, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tenun: Silitonga, G., Soekardi, R., and Tambunan, S., Public domain, source