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Results for "cotton"

60 sarees found.

🇮🇳 IndiaKovai Cora cotton A handwoven cotton-silk saree from the Coimbatore region of Tamil NaduCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreGazzi cloth A coarse handloom cotton of the Punjab region, woven from local short staple cottonCotton 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTant sari A light, see-through cotton saree from Bengal with a heavy borderCotton · Jamdani · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari A handloom Odisha saree with fish and temple threadwork on border and palluCotton · Brocade 🇮🇳 India and 2 moreMadras A light handwoven cotton cloth of bright checks, named after the city of ChennaiCotton · Checks and stripes · Embroidery 🇳🇵 NepalChaubandi Cholo A wrapped cotton blouse with geometric prints from Nepal paired with a sari-style skirtCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaMoirang Phee A Manipur cloth with a stepped tooth motif woven in from both edgesCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaMundum neriyathumമുണ്ട് നേരിയത് Kerala's two-piece cotton wrap: a lower mundu and an upper neriyathuCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariچِکن کاری (Urdu) / चिकनकारी (Hindi) A hand embroidery from Lucknow, usually white thread on light fabric.Cotton · Embroidery · Block print 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreAgrun A shuttle-woven Hajong shawl with big, symmetrical brocaded patternsSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇹🇭 ThailandThai silkผ้าไหมไทย Hand-woven Thai silk with a two-tone sheen, from glossy mulberry and matte eri cocoonsSilk · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaKoorai silk sariகூரை பட்டு புடவை A nine-yard silk and cotton bridal sari from Koranad, checked, for Tamil Hindu weddingsSilk · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaLeheriya A Rajasthani tie-dye of diagonal stripes, rolled and bound before the dye goes inCotton · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 IndiaKasaragod saree A handwoven cotton sari from Kasaragod, Kerala, made for everyday wearCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs come from dyed-then-woven ikat yarnsSilk · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaHimroo A silk and cotton brocade from Aurangabad, patterned with Persian designsSilk · Brocade 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree A Bengal handloom saree in cotton or silk, known for stepped extra-weft patterns.Cotton · Jamdani · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaBegampuri Sareeবেগমপুরী শাড়ি A handloom cotton saree from Begampur, West Bengal, with a contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaTripuri dress A woven cotton wrap from Tripura, with its own pattern for each Tripuri clan.Cotton 🇮🇳 IndiaLanga voniలంగా వోణి A South Indian half sari: a string-tied skirt and a short diagonal upper clothSilk · Embroidery · Mirror work 🇮🇳 IndiaTansukh cloth A fine cotton cloth of medieval India, used for women's bodices and sarisCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad Handloom fabric Plant-dyed sarees woven by Mirgan weavers in an Odisha villageCotton · Jamdani 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, woven in pairs and joinedCotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari A fine silk or cotton sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with zari motifsSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMashru A heavy hand-woven satin with a silk face over cotton, woven in Punjab and SindhSilk 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMundu A cotton garment wrapped around the waist in Kerala and the MaldivesCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaMaheshwari saree A handloom saree woven in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, in cotton, silk and zariCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaDorea A striped or checked cloth of the Indian subcontinent, first cotton then silkCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri sari A handwoven Odisha sari patterned by tie-dyeing yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 IndiaKasavu A Kerala handloom cloth with fine gold or silver border lines on white cottonCotton · Zari work 🇹🇭 ThailandPanungผ้านุ่ง A long cotton cloth wrapped at the waist and worn below the knee in ThailandCotton · Checks and stripes 🇱🇦 Laos and 1 moreSinhສິ້ນ A handmade tube skirt in silk or cotton, worn in Laos and northeast ThailandSilk 🇮🇳 IndiaDokhonaदख'ना A wrap-around cloth worn by Boro women of Assam, usually yellow, with woven Agor designsCotton · Brocade 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreJamdaniজামদানি A fine figured muslin from Bangladesh, patterned on the loom with a supplementary weftCotton · Jamdani · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaGamosaগামুছা A white cotton cloth with a red border from Assam, woven for Bihu, prayer and daily useCotton 🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKhadi Hand-spun woven cloth from cotton and other fibres, promoted in India's independence movementCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaChendamangalam saree A hand-woven Kerala cotton sari with a dark tamarind-leaf line at its edgeCotton · Zari work · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaKandangi A checked cotton saree from Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, with a wide contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 5 moreLungiলুঙ্গি A tube of cotton tied at the waist, worn by men across South Asia and beyondCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik 🇮🇳 IndiaKalamkari A pen-drawn textile art from Andhra Pradesh, coloured with natural dyesCotton · Kalamkari · Block print 🇮🇳 IndiaKutch embroidery Mirror-set hand embroidery from Kutch district, Gujarat, worked mainly by womenCotton · Embroidery · Mirror work 🇧🇩 BangladeshDhakai A cotton saree from Dhaka, once woven with the jamdani techniqueCotton · Jamdani 🇮🇳 IndiaMangalagiri sari A cotton sari from Mangalagiri with a zari border and a plain bodyCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee A black Manipuri shawl with red borders, embroidered by hand with animals, sun and starsCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKebayaꦏꦼꦧꦪ A front-opening blouse worn across Southeast Asia with a sarong or kainCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaBafta A plain-woven cotton calico from Gujarat, woven at Bharuch and traded far and wideCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaToda embroidery Red and black counted embroidery on white cotton, worked by Toda women of the NilgirisCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaAntariya An ancient lower body garment from India made of a long cotton or silk stripCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaBalaramapuram handloom Cotton handloom cloth from Kerala, finished with a golden zari kasavu borderCotton · Zari work · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaBagh print Hand block printing with natural red and black dyes from a village on the Bagh riverCotton · Block print 🇮🇩 IndonesiaTenunꦠꦼꦤꦸꦤ꧀ Handwoven Indonesian cloth created with ancient ikat and supplementary metallic threadsCotton · Ikat · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaLeirum Pheeꯂꯩꯔꯨꯝ ꯐꯤ A rough cotton wrapper from Manipur, woven in white, black and red for Meitei weddingsCotton 🇲🇲 MyanmarLongyiလုံချည် A tube of cloth worn in Myanmar, folded at the waist without a knotCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik 🇧🇩 BangladeshGrameen checkগ্রামীণ চেক Bright checked cotton from Bangladesh, woven by village weavers in traditional waysCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaWangkhei Phee A fine white cotton cloth from Manipur, woven sheer and worn for weddingsCotton · Brocade 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMuslin A fine plain-weave cotton from Bengal, once sheer enough to see throughCotton 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari Saris woven by hand on village looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari A Karnataka sari with a cotton body and a loop-joined silk palluCotton · Embroidery · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaPheichom A men's wrap of the Meitei people of Manipur, worn like the dhoti, in cotton or silkCotton · Block print 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDhoti An unstitched cloth tied at the waist and worn to the ankle, the men's answer to the sariCotton

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