Results for "historic"
7 sarees found.
🇮🇳 IndiaKashta sariनऊवारी साड़ी
A traditional nine-yard Maharashtrian drape tucked at the back like a dhotiCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreGazzi cloth
A coarse handloom cotton from Punjab, once sent in bulk to Afghan markets.Cotton
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreMuslin
A gossamer plain-weave cotton fabric historically spun and woven across BengalCotton · Jamdani
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreAbrawan
A legendary, sheer muslin from Dacca named after flowing waterCotton · Zari work
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreJamdaniজামদানি
A sheer cotton muslin saree decorated with hand-woven supplementary weft motifsCotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBatik Parang꧋ꦧꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦥꦫꦁ
A diagonal wave batik pattern from Java, steeped in royal philosophyCotton · Batik
🇲🇿 MozambiqueCapulana
A versatile Mozambican wrapped cloth with historic trade roots and symbolic patternsChecks and stripes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Muslin: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Capulana: Steve Evans, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jamdani: Salim_Khandoker, CC0, source
- Batik Parang: Q100422095, Public domain, source
- Kashta sari: Dakutaa at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source