Results for "embroidery"
17 sarees found.
🇮🇳 IndiaLambada embroidery
Mirror-and-cowrie hand embroidery by Banjara women of Karnataka and TelanganaAppliqué · Embroidery
🇵🇰 PakistanSindhi embroideryسنڌي ٿرت
Needlework and mirror embroidery crafted across the desert communities of SindhEmbroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaKutch embroidery
Mirror-set hand embroidery from Kutch district, Gujarat, worked mainly by womenCotton · Embroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaToda embroidery
Red and black counted embroidery on white cotton, worked by Toda women of the NilgirisCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery
A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKasuti
Hand-counted embroidery from Karnataka, worked without knots on sarees and blousesEmbroidery
🇮🇷 Iran and 4 moreZardoziزردوزی
Heavy gold and silver metal embroidery on silk, satin or velvet, from Iran to IndiaSilk · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaPhool Patti ka Kaam
An appliqué and embroidery craft of Uttar Pradesh, once used for women's sarisCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariچِکن کاری (Urdu) / चिकनकारी (Hindi)
A hand embroidery from Lucknow, usually white thread on light fabric.Cotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaGota patti
An appliqué embroidery from Rajasthan that stitches shiny ribbon into patterns on clothAppliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKhara Dupattaکھڑا دوپٹہ
A six-yard embroidered net veil draped over a wedding ensemble in HyderabadNet · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKimkhwab
A silk brocade woven with gold and silver yarns, once called cloth of goldSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari
A fine silk or cotton sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with zari motifsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A Karnataka sari with a cotton body and a loop-joined silk palluCotton · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari
Metal threads from Surat district for patterns in silk fabricsSilk · Zari work · Embroidery
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 moreSbaiស្បៃ
A shawl-like breast cloth derived from the sari, worn over one shoulder in Southeast AsiaSilk · Embroidery · Brocade
🇲🇷 Mauritania and 5 moreMelhfa
A cotton rectangle wound from head to toe against desert sun, sand and coldCotton · Embroidery
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Chanderi sari: India Untravelled, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chikankari: Joey Berzowska, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sbai: Stephowz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gota patti: User:आशीष भटनागर, Public domain, source
- Khara Dupatta: Kinshuk Sunil, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sindhi embroidery: Nasreen wafai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kutch embroidery: Jainamishra, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kasuti: Kannadiga, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lambada embroidery: Daderot, CC0, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Surat zari: Hiart, CC0, source
- Zardozi: Zarood, CC BY-SA 3.0, source