Results for "ancient"
12 sarees found.
🇮🇳 IndiaAntariya
An ancient lower body garment from India made of a long cotton or silk stripCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaUttariya
Ancient Indian upper garment of loose cloth draped over shoulders and armsCotton
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBlock printing
Printing patterns on cotton, silk and linen with carved wooden blocksCotton · Block print
🇮🇩 IndonesiaTenunꦠꦼꦤꦸꦤ꧀
Handwoven Indonesian cloth created with ancient ikat and supplementary metallic threadsCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaDukula
A fine bark-fibre cloth of ancient India, known for its swan patternLinen
🇮🇹 ItalyToga
A heavy woollen cloth draped over the shoulders in ancient RomeWool
🇬🇷 GreeceHimationἱμάτιον
An ancient Greek wrap of wool or linen, draped without pins over a tunicWool · Embroidery · Hand painting
🇬🇷 GreeceChlamysχλαμύς
An ancient Greek and Byzantine draped cloak made from a single rectangular clothWool · Embroidery
🇮🇶 IraqKaunakes
An ancient Sumerian woollen wrap with tufts that mimic sheepskinWool
🇧🇩 BangladeshComilla khadi
Hand-spun, hand-woven cloth from Comilla, Bangladesh, once woven on pit loomsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaVadhuya
An ancient bridal garment from Vedic India fashioned from cotton, wool, and hideCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaTarpaya
An ancient Indian fine silk or linen cloth worn as a ritual lower garmentSilk
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Toga: Anonymous ( Category:Roman Empire ) Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Uttariya: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Chlamys: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Himation: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kaunakes: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 4.0, source
- Antariya: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Tenun: Silitonga, G., Soekardi, R., and Tambunan, S., Public domain, source
- Block printing: William Morris, Public domain, source