INDIAN FABRICS WITH INTRICATE PRINTS

Khadi Cotton Fabric with Printed Madhubani Procession
  • Auspicious
  • Ceremony
  • Ceremony Orange
  • Festival Green
  • Festival Red
  • Harvest
  • Powder Green
  • Ritual
  • Scarlet Ceremony
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WIDTH - 44 INCH/ 111 CMS
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WIDTH - 48 INCH/ 121 CMS
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WIDTH - 45 INCH/ 114 CMS
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WIDTH - 47 INCH/ 119 CMS
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WIDTH - 45 INCH/ 114 CMS
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4.1 ft wide
$18
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44 in. wide
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44.0 Inches Wide
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WIDTH - 48 INCH/ 121 CMS
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WIDTH - 44 INCH/ 111 CMS
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WIDTH - 46 INCH/ 116 CMS
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44 Inches Wide
$35
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44.0 Inches Wide
$34
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28 Inches Wide
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WIDTH - 48 INCH/ 121 CMS
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WIDTH - 45 INCH/ 114 CMS
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WIDTH - 46 INCH/ 116 CMS
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WIDTH - 48 INCH/ 121 CMS
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42 Inches Wide
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43 Inches Wide
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WIDTH - 45 INCH/ 114 CMS
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Rose Design Muslin Silk Hand Screen Printed Fabric
  • Casablanca
  • Hopbush
  • Light Carmine Pink
  • Natural Grey
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WIDTH - 42 INCH/ 106 CMS
$30
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Rose Pattern with White Abstract Muslin Silk Fabric (Hand Screen Printed)
  • Brink Pink
  • Friar Grey
  • Satin Sheen Gold
  • Soft Purple
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43.0 Inches Wide
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24 Inches Wide
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Floral Pattern in Muslin Silk Fabric (Hand Screen Printed)
  • Dark Pastel Blue
  • Dusty Pink
  • Lightning Yellow
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WIDTH - 45 INCH/ 114 CMS
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Leaves and Floral Pattern in Viscose Muslin Silk Fabric (Hand Screen Printed)
  • Brass
  • Flax Smoke
  • French Rose
  • Turkish Rose
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Viscose Lurex Chanderi Fabric with Hand Screen Print Floral Quatrefoil Pattern
  • Steel Brown
  • Steel Green
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Width - 41.5 inch
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Viscose Lurex Chanderi Fabric with All-Over Leaf Motif Hand Screen Print
  • Golden
  • Gray
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WIDTH - 42 INCH/ 106.68 CMS
$26
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Viscose Lurex Chanderi Fabric with Circle Pattern Hand Screen Printed
  • Gray
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WIDTH - 42 INCH/ 106.68 CMS
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WIDTH - 42 INCH/ 106.68 CMS
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Viscose Muslin Silk Hand Screen Printed Stripe Pattern Fabric
  • Pastel Blue
  • Pastel Green
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WIDTH - 42 INCH/ 106.68 CMS
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Zardozi Costume Fabric with Sequins Work and Metallic Thread Embroidery by Hand
  • Aurora Red
  • Carribean Sea
  • Persimmon Orange
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Width - 43.0 inch / 109.22 cms
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Fabric with Embroidered Paisleys and Sequins
  • Angel Blue
  • Apricot Gelato
  • Canteloupe
  • Paisley Purple
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Width - 41.0 inch / 104.14 cms
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Batik Dyed Silk Fabric
  • Paprika Red
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Width - 43 inch / 109.2 cms
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Fabric from Banaras with Woven Tibetan Symbols in Self-Colored Thread
  • Desert Flower
  • Forever Blue
  • Moss Gray
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Width - 26 inch / 66 cms
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Plain Satin Lining Fabric
  • Capri Blue
  • Deep Claret
  • Freesia Yellow
  • Raspberry Rose
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Width - 44 inch / 111.8 cms
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Fabric from Jaipur with Woven Flowers All-Over
  • Tomato Red
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Width - 48 inch / 122 cms
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Silk Brocade Fabrics Sold by the Yard

What is a Silk Brocade?

It is a richly patterned silk fabric characterized by the use of gold and silver thread. Silk Brocades are luxury textiles.

In the Tibetan language, the word for silk brocade is gya-ser, this term being widely prevalent even today amongst the textile traders of Banaras. There are however regional names also; for instance, in both Ladakh and Bhutan, it is called gos-chen. literally meaning the 'great garment.'

Tibet's Connection with Silk:

The gift of silk was first brought to Tibet from China; by the Chinese princess who married King Songtsen Gampo of Tibet in the first part of the seventh century. Slowly, this fascinating textile penetrated all aspects of Tibetan daily life, developing into an integral part of their religious and secular ethos.

Traders belonging to the Marwari community - from Rajasthan and well known for their business acumen - settled in Kalimpong (near Sikkim), first took the samples of this Chinese brocade to Varanasi. Some people believe it was the Nepalese traders who took the initiative. Over time, Banarasi brocades overtook their Chinese counterparts in popularity.

The reasons for the partiality towards the brocade from Varanasi were (are):

a). The quality of the gold was better.

b). The fabric was thicker.

c). In modern times, brocade from Varanasi is still entirely hand-woven whereas the Chinese brocades are now machine made.

d). The Indian merchants take even small orders while their Chinese counterparts insist on orders for large quantities.

Uses of Silk Brocade in the Religious Life of Tibet:

1). For the design and decoration of shrines as altar (chos-kyap) and seat coverings, drapes and canopies (u-lep) marking the seat of a high religious person.

2). Used for pillar covers (ka-phen) and door hangings (cheb-le).

3). For framing thangka paintings.

4). To adorn images of deities.

5). For making dance costumes.

6). As altar over hangs for the seats of high lamas.


The Kasim family of Varanasi - A 200 Year Old Institution:

The Kasim Family of Banaras are virtually synonymous with Tibetan Brocade and were the first to manufacture these at Banaras, more than 200 years ago.

Since then it has been a constant passion with the family and the only time production fell was in the early 1960s when China occupied Tibet. Reminiscences one of the Kasim brothers:

'Our father was adamant that we will not give up gya-ser weaving, He said that this brocade is connected with someone's religion and religion never gets over.'

Slowly, a revival began around 1965, when the Tibetans in exile sought out gya-ser brocades again to decorate the monasteries being established in India. There was a further demand from Tibetan communities spread around the world as well as from Buddhist pilgrims who came to Sarnath and Bodhgaya, sacred cities near Banaras, highlighting the continued importance of silk brocades in the lives of Tibetans.

The contribution of the Kasim Family was acknowledged by the Dalai Lama himself when he introduced them at a gathering by saying 'These are the people who make the fabric of our religion.'