Results for "pit loom"
9 sarees found.
🇮🇳 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari
A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk · Zari work · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari
Saris woven by hand on pit looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Zari work · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaTangaliya shawl
A Gujarat shawl woven on pit looms, its dots raised by knots of contrast threadCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaKoorai silk sariகூரை பட்டு புடவை
A nine-yard silk-cotton bridal sari with small checks, woven at Koranad in Tamil NaduBlend · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaBalaramapuram handloom
A fine undyed cotton weave with a golden kasavu zari border, hand-woven in KeralaCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A cotton saree with a loop-joined silk pallu and broad red border, from Ilkal, KarnatakaCotton · Zari work · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaGarad sariগরদ শাড়ি
A fine silk sari woven on pit looms in Murshidabad and Birbhum, worn at Durga PujaSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree in cotton or silk, known for stepped extra-weft patterns.Cotton · Jamdani
🇧🇩 BangladeshComilla khadi
Hand-spun, hand-woven cloth from Comilla, Bangladesh, once woven on pit loomsCotton
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Garad sari: Bongan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Koorai silk sari: En.saravanan, CC BY 4.0, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Tangail saree: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Dharmavaram silk sari: Ch Maheswara Raju, CC BY-SA 4.0, source