Results for "Shed"
8 sarees found.
- Shed Glossary
🇮🇳 IndiaShantiniketan Batik
A hand-painted batik from Santiniketan, West Bengal, brushed with natural dyesBatik · Hand painting
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariچِکن کاری (Urdu) / चिकनकारी (Hindi)
A hand embroidery from Lucknow, usually white thread on light fabric.Cotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMundu
A cotton garment wrapped around the waist in Kerala and the MaldivesCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
Fine silk sari from Varanasi, patterned with zari and woven on foot-powered loomsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaOdisha Ikat
A tie-dyed Odisha silk weave known for curvilinear motifs and brocade bordersSilk · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaUppada Jamdani sari
A light handwoven silk sari from Uppada, Andhra Pradesh, with motifs on both facesSilk · Jamdani · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaToda embroidery
Red and black counted embroidery on white cotton, worked by Toda women of the NilgirisCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaBalaramapuram handloom
Cotton handloom cloth from Kerala, finished with a golden zari kasavu borderCotton · Zari work · Brocade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Shantiniketan Batik: Sumita Arup, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chikankari: Joey Berzowska, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mundu: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Banarasi sari: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Odisha Ikat: Atudu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source