Results for "unesco"
9 sarees found.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree in cotton or silk, known for stepped extra-weft patterns.Cotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTant sari
A light, near-transparent cotton sari woven in Bengal, suited to hot, humid weatherCotton · Jamdani · Embroidery
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreMuslin
A gossamer plain-weave cotton fabric historically spun and woven across BengalCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBatik Parang꧋ꦧꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦥꦫꦁ
A diagonal wave batik pattern from Java, steeped in royal philosophyCotton · Batik
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreSongketᬲᭀᬂᬓᬾᬢ᭄
A hand-woven brocade from the Malay world, figured in gold or silver threadSilk · Brocade
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKebayaꦏꦼꦧꦪ
A front-opening blouse worn across Southeast Asia with a sarong or kainCotton · Embroidery · Batik
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreJamdaniজামদানি
A sheer cotton muslin saree decorated with hand-woven supplementary weft motifsCotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree with stepped extra-weft patterns, woven in cotton and silkCotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRogan paintingरङ्गन्
Castor-oil paint drawn with a metal stylus to form mirrored patterns on fabricHand painting · Block print
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Songket: Rijksmuseum, CC0, source
- Tant sari: Billjones94, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Muslin: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Tangail saree: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Kebaya: Simon_sees, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jamdani: Salim_Khandoker, CC0, source
- Rogan painting: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Batik Parang: Q100422095, Public domain, source