swap_horiz Kente Cloth Alternatives

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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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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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Banarasi Silk

Banarasi silk refers to silk textiles and saris woven in and around Varanasi, historically called Banaras, in northern I...

Luxury Indian Traditional Woven

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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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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Damask

Damask is a reversible figured textile in which patterns are created by contrasting weave structures, commonly combinati...

Home Decorative Woven Silk Cotton

8.1 Great

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Jacquard Velvet

Jacquard velvet is a patterned pile fabric woven using a Jacquard mechanism, which controls individual warp threads to p...

Home Woven Patterned Silk Cotton

8.0 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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Ottoman

Ottoman is a woven textile distinguished by prominent crosswise ribs, generally produced with fine warp yarns and heavie...

Heavy Woven Apparel Ribbed

7.0 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