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🇵🇰 PakistanSaraiki ajrakسرائیکی اجرک
A block-printed geometric shawl worn across southern Punjab in PakistanBlock print
🇮🇳 IndiaGaji
A coarse handloom cloth of cotton or silk, wrapped as a sari and used for winter clothingCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaOnnara
A cotton undergarment tied tightly at the waist by Hindu women in KeralaCotton
🇧🇹 BhutanDumdyam
An ankle-length Lepcha wrap of one smooth cloth, solid in colour, held by a waistbandCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaVadhuya
An ancient bridal garment from Vedic India fashioned from cotton, wool, and hideCotton
🇵🇭 Philippines and 3 morePatadyong
A straight wrap skirt from the Philippine islands, worn by men and womenChecks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaTarpaya
An ancient Indian fine silk or linen cloth worn as a ritual lower garmentSilk
🇧🇩 BangladeshComilla khadi
Hand-spun, hand-woven cloth from Comilla, Bangladesh, once woven on pit loomsCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRogan painting
A cloth-painting craft from Gujarat and Afghanistan, worked in thick oil paint with a stylusHand painting · Block print
🇲🇷 Mauritania and 5 moreMelhfa
A cotton rectangle wound from head to toe against desert sun, sand and coldCotton · Embroidery
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 moreSbaiស្បៃ
A shawl-like breast cloth derived from the sari, worn over one shoulder in Southeast AsiaSilk · Embroidery · Brocade
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreKembenꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦤ꧀
A shoulder-baring chest wrap from Java and Bali, held with a cordIkat
🇲🇼 Malawi and 5 moreKitenge
A thicker wrapped African cloth, often printed in bright wax patternsBatik
🇮🇶 IraqKaunakes
An ancient Sumerian woollen wrap with tufts that mimic sheepskinWool
🇮🇩 IndonesiaUlosᯥᯞᯘᯬ᯲
A handwoven Batak cloth from North Sumatra, draped at weddings to bind bride and groom.Cotton
🇲🇿 MozambiqueCapulananguvu
A versatile Mozambican wrapped cloth with historic trade roots and symbolic patterns
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 4 moreKanga
A printed cotton wrap worn in East Africa, often carrying a Swahili proverbCotton · Block print · Hand painting
🇬🇷 GreeceChlamysχλαμύς
An ancient Greek and Byzantine draped cloak made from a single rectangular clothWool · Embroidery
🇬🇷 GreeceHimationἱμάτιον
An ancient Greek wrap of wool or linen, draped without pins over a tunicWool · Embroidery · Hand painting
🇮🇹 ItalyToga
A heavy woollen cloth draped over the shoulders in ancient RomeWool
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A handwoven Bengali saree named for Tangail, woven in Bangladesh and West BengalCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇩 IndonesiaParang batik꧋ꦧꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦥꦫꦁ
A diagonal Javanese batik motif of interlocking S shapes, read as ocean wavesSilk · Batik
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreBrocade
A decorative shuttle-woven cloth with an extra weft, used for Banarasi saris.Silk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreAbrawan
A fine muslin from the Indian subcontinent, named for water in motionCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A Karnataka sari with a cotton body and a loop-joined silk palluCotton · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes
A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, woven in pairs and joinedCotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMuslin
A fine plain-weave cotton from Bengal, once sheer enough to see throughCotton
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDupattaदुपट्टा / دوپٹہ
A long scarf-like wrap worn across South Asia with skirts or tunicsSilk · Tie-dye · Zari work
🇵🇭 PhilippinesT'nalak
A sacred abaca ikat cloth woven from dreamt patterns by Tboli women in MindanaoIkat
🇮🇳 IndiaKhara Dupattaکھڑا دوپٹہ
A six-yard embroidered net veil draped over a wedding ensemble in HyderabadNet · Embroidery · Zari work
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreAjrakاجرڪ (Sindhi), اجرک (Saraiki)
A Sindhi block-printed cloth in indigo and crimson, worn as a shawl or wrapCotton · Block print
🇮🇩 IndonesiaTenunꦠꦼꦤꦸꦤ꧀
Handwoven Indonesian cloth created with ancient ikat and supplementary metallic threadsCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee
A black Manipuri shawl with red borders, embroidered by hand with animals, sun and starsCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreChintzछींट
A painted or woodblock-printed floral cotton cloth originating in GolcondaCotton · Block print · Hand painting
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreResist dyeing
A family of dyeing methods that keep colour out to form a patternTie-dye · Ikat
🇧🇩 BangladeshGrameen checkগ্রামীণ চেক
Bright checked cotton from Bangladesh, woven by village weavers in traditional waysCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaTripuri dress
A woven cotton wrap from Tripura, with its own pattern for each Tripuri clan.Cotton
🇮🇩 IndonesiaSumba textiles
Ikat cloths and tube skirts from a small island in eastern Indonesia, woven by womenIkat · Embroidery
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBlock printing
Printing patterns on cotton, silk and linen with carved wooden blocksCotton · Block print
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBalinese textiles
The woven cloths of Bali, from sacred double ikat to gold-dusted ceremony wearCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇩 IndonesiaGeringsingᬕ᭄ᬭᬶᬂᬲᬶᬂ
A sacred double ikat cloth woven only in Tenganan, a Bali Aga village in BaliCotton · Ikat
🇲🇲 MyanmarAcheikအချိတ်
Myanmar's multi-shuttle silk weave of waves and stripes, made into paso and htameinSilk · Brocade
🇹🇭 ThailandKhitผ้าขิด
A handwoven cloth from Isan, Thailand, with geometric patterns that seem to float.Brocade
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreNakshi kanthaনকশি কাঁথা
An embroidered quilt from Bengal, stitched from old sarees with a simple running stitch.Cotton · Kantha · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaWangkhei Phee
A fine white cotton cloth from Manipur, woven sheer and worn for weddingsCotton · Brocade
🇧🇩 BangladeshDhakai
A cotton saree from Dhaka, once woven with the jamdani techniqueCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad Handloom fabric
Plant-dyed sarees woven by Mirgan weavers in an Odisha villageCotton · Jamdani
🇹🇭 ThailandThai silkผ้าไหมไทย
Hand-woven Thai silk with a two-tone sheen, from glossy mulberry and matte eri cocoonsSilk · Brocade
🇵🇭 Philippines and 3 morePatadyong
A straight wrap skirt from the Philippine islands, worn by men and womenChecks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaTarpaya
An ancient Indian fine silk or linen cloth worn as a ritual lower garmentSilk
🇧🇩 BangladeshComilla khadi
Hand-spun, hand-woven cloth from Comilla, Bangladesh, once woven on pit loomsCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRogan painting
A cloth-painting craft from Gujarat and Afghanistan, worked in thick oil paint with a stylusHand painting · Block print
🇲🇷 Mauritania and 5 moreMelhfa
A cotton rectangle wound from head to toe against desert sun, sand and coldCotton · Embroidery
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 moreSbaiស្បៃ
A shawl-like breast cloth derived from the sari, worn over one shoulder in Southeast AsiaSilk · Embroidery · Brocade
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreKembenꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦤ꧀
A shoulder-baring chest wrap from Java and Bali, held with a cordIkat
🇲🇼 Malawi and 5 moreKitenge
A thicker wrapped African cloth, often printed in bright wax patternsBatik
🇮🇶 IraqKaunakes
An ancient Sumerian woollen wrap with tufts that mimic sheepskinWool
🇮🇩 IndonesiaUlosᯥᯞᯘᯬ᯲
A handwoven Batak cloth from North Sumatra, draped at weddings to bind bride and groom.Cotton
🇲🇿 MozambiqueCapulananguvu
A versatile Mozambican wrapped cloth with historic trade roots and symbolic patterns
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 4 moreKanga
A printed cotton wrap worn in East Africa, often carrying a Swahili proverbCotton · Block print · Hand painting
🇬🇷 GreeceChlamysχλαμύς
An ancient Greek and Byzantine draped cloak made from a single rectangular clothWool · Embroidery
🇬🇷 GreeceHimationἱμάτιον
An ancient Greek wrap of wool or linen, draped without pins over a tunicWool · Embroidery · Hand painting
🇮🇹 ItalyToga
A heavy woollen cloth draped over the shoulders in ancient RomeWool
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A handwoven Bengali saree named for Tangail, woven in Bangladesh and West BengalCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇩 IndonesiaParang batik꧋ꦧꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦥꦫꦁ
A diagonal Javanese batik motif of interlocking S shapes, read as ocean wavesSilk · Batik
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreBrocade
A decorative shuttle-woven cloth with an extra weft, used for Banarasi saris.Silk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreAbrawan
A fine muslin from the Indian subcontinent, named for water in motionCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A Karnataka sari with a cotton body and a loop-joined silk palluCotton · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes
A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, woven in pairs and joinedCotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMuslin
A fine plain-weave cotton from Bengal, once sheer enough to see throughCotton
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDupattaदुपट्टा / دوپٹہ
A long scarf-like wrap worn across South Asia with skirts or tunicsSilk · Tie-dye · Zari work
🇵🇭 PhilippinesT'nalak
A sacred abaca ikat cloth woven from dreamt patterns by Tboli women in MindanaoIkat
🇮🇳 IndiaKhara Dupattaکھڑا دوپٹہ
A six-yard embroidered net veil draped over a wedding ensemble in HyderabadNet · Embroidery · Zari work
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreAjrakاجرڪ (Sindhi), اجرک (Saraiki)
A Sindhi block-printed cloth in indigo and crimson, worn as a shawl or wrapCotton · Block print
🇮🇩 IndonesiaTenunꦠꦼꦤꦸꦤ꧀
Handwoven Indonesian cloth created with ancient ikat and supplementary metallic threadsCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee
A black Manipuri shawl with red borders, embroidered by hand with animals, sun and starsCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreChintzछींट
A painted or woodblock-printed floral cotton cloth originating in GolcondaCotton · Block print · Hand painting
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreResist dyeing
A family of dyeing methods that keep colour out to form a patternTie-dye · Ikat
🇧🇩 BangladeshGrameen checkগ্রামীণ চেক
Bright checked cotton from Bangladesh, woven by village weavers in traditional waysCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaTripuri dress
A woven cotton wrap from Tripura, with its own pattern for each Tripuri clan.Cotton
🇮🇩 IndonesiaSumba textiles
Ikat cloths and tube skirts from a small island in eastern Indonesia, woven by womenIkat · Embroidery
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBlock printing
Printing patterns on cotton, silk and linen with carved wooden blocksCotton · Block print
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBalinese textiles
The woven cloths of Bali, from sacred double ikat to gold-dusted ceremony wearCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇩 IndonesiaGeringsingᬕ᭄ᬭᬶᬂᬲᬶᬂ
A sacred double ikat cloth woven only in Tenganan, a Bali Aga village in BaliCotton · Ikat
🇲🇲 MyanmarAcheikအချိတ်
Myanmar's multi-shuttle silk weave of waves and stripes, made into paso and htameinSilk · Brocade
🇹🇭 ThailandKhitผ้าขิด
A handwoven cloth from Isan, Thailand, with geometric patterns that seem to float.Brocade
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreNakshi kanthaনকশি কাঁথা
An embroidered quilt from Bengal, stitched from old sarees with a simple running stitch.Cotton · Kantha · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaWangkhei Phee
A fine white cotton cloth from Manipur, woven sheer and worn for weddingsCotton · Brocade
🇧🇩 BangladeshDhakai
A cotton saree from Dhaka, once woven with the jamdani techniqueCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad Handloom fabric
Plant-dyed sarees woven by Mirgan weavers in an Odisha villageCotton · Jamdani
🇹🇭 ThailandThai silkผ้าไหมไทย
Hand-woven Thai silk with a two-tone sheen, from glossy mulberry and matte eri cocoonsSilk · Brocade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ajrak: Kashif11, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Geringsing: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kitenge: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nakshi kantha: A junaid alam khan ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Kemben: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Toga: Anonymous ( Category:Roman Empire ) Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Thai silk: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Capulana: Steve Evans, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kanga: Petr Berka ( Petrberka ), Public domain, source
- Sbai: Stephowz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khara Dupatta: Kinshuk Sunil, CC BY 2.0, source
- Resist dyeing: Ardyansa Nugraha, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Patadyong: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Balinese textiles: Chris Hazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sumba textiles: Chris Hazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tangail saree: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Chlamys: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Dhakai: Amit Sen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Himation: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kaunakes: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 4.0, source
- Acheik: Chenzeyan29, CC0, source
- Tenun: Silitonga, G., Soekardi, R., and Tambunan, S., Public domain, source
- Khit: Pawyilee, Public domain, source
- T'nalak: USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Public domain, source
- Parang batik: Q100422095, Public domain, source
- Muslin: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Ulos: Boy Lawson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rogan painting: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chintz: Karun Thakar Collection photo. Work by unknown Coromandel artisans. Ph, Public domain, source
- Brocade: After James Lehman (England, circa 1688-1745), Public domain, source
- Block printing: William Morris, Public domain, source
- Tripuri dress: Bijayan tripura, CC0, source
- Khes: RAJIVVASUDEV, CC BY-SA 4.0, source