swap_horiz Banarasi Silk Alternatives

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Qiviut

Qiviut is a luxurious textile derived from the underwool of Arctic muskoxen. This exceptionally fine fiber, renowned for...

Natural Luxury Rare Wool

9.2 Excellent

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Dhaka Muslin

Dhaka Muslin is a traditionally woven luxury textile originating from Dhaka, Bengal. Historically renowned for its excep...

Luxury Heritage Woven Bangladeshi

9.2 Excellent

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Pashmina

Pashmina refers to fine cashmere fiber traditionally obtained from goats raised in the high-altitude regions of the Hima...

Luxury Traditional Woven Cashmere

9.0 Excellent

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Kente Cloth

Kente is a handwoven textile tradition associated especially with Akan peoples, including the Asante, in Ghana, with rel...

Traditional Ceremonial Woven Ghanaian

8.7 Great

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Nishijin-ori

Nishijin-ori is a collective name for high-quality textiles produced in Kyoto's Nishijin district using yarn-dyed weavin...

Luxury Traditional Japanese Woven

8.7 Great

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Batik

Batik is a textile-decoration process in which wax is applied to selected areas of cloth so they resist subsequent dyein...

Traditional Indonesian Woven Apparel

8.6 Great

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Kanchipuram Silk

Kanchipuram silk is a South Indian silk weaving tradition centered on Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu and especially associate...

Luxury Indian Traditional Woven

8.6 Great

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Ikat

Ikat is a resist-dyeing and weaving method in which bundles of warp yarns, weft yarns, or both are bound and dyed before...

Traditional Woven Apparel Central Asian

8.4 Great

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Muga Silk (Assam)

Muga silk is a naturally golden silk traditionally produced in Assam, India, from the silkworm Antheraea assamensis. The...

Natural Luxury Indian Traditional

8.4 Great

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Shibori

Shibori is a group of Japanese resist-dyeing methods in which cloth is shaped or compressed before dyeing so that select...

Traditional Japanese Artisan Woven

8.2 Great

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Khadi

Khadi is cloth made from yarn spun by hand and woven on a handloom, most commonly from cotton but also from silk, wool,...

Indian Traditional Woven Apparel

8.2 Great

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Bogolan (Mud Cloth)

Bogolan, commonly called mud cloth, is a Malian textile traditionally made from narrow strips of handwoven cotton sewn i...

Traditional Artisan Cotton Woven

8.0 Great

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Chanderi

Chanderi is a traditional lightweight fabric associated with the town of Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is woven...

Indian Traditional Woven Apparel

8.0 Great

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Aso-oke

Aso-oke is a handwoven cloth associated with the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria and neighboring areas of West Afr...

Traditional Ceremonial Woven West African

7.9 Good

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Adire

Adire is a Yoruba resist-dyed textile tradition associated particularly with southwestern Nigeria. Artisans create patte...

Traditional Artisan Woven Yoruba

7.9 Good

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Ankara Fabric

Ankara fabric is a wax-resist printed cotton textile widely used for clothing and accessories in West and Central Africa...

Traditional Woven Apparel West African

7.8 Good

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Ndop Cloth

Ndop is an indigo-resist textile associated with royal and ceremonial life among the Bamum and Bamileke peoples of Camer...

Traditional Ceremonial Cotton Woven

7.8 Good

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Kanga

A kanga is a brightly printed cotton cloth worn across East Africa, commonly as a wraparound garment. Kangas are typical...

Traditional Woven Apparel East African

7.4 Good

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Kitenge

Kitenge is a colorful wax-printed cotton fabric widely worn across East, Central, and West Africa for clothing, accessor...

Traditional Woven Apparel Central African

7.3 Good

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Horsehair Fabric

Horsehair fabric, also called hair cloth, is a woven textile that normally uses long horse tail hairs as the weft and co...

Traditional Woven Upholstery Stiff

6.9 Fair