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2. Kasuri - Wikipedia

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   Ōshima-tsumugi: Silk threads are dyed with mud and dye from the bark of Sharinbai Tree creating a deep black color. The mud dyed kasuri threads are hand woven together to create patterns. [10] Kurume: e-gasuri (picture kasuri) Nara: hemp fiber kasuri, with shino-gasuri [5] Miyakojima, Okinawa: ramie fiber kasuri

3. Tsumugi (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Hand pulled cotton threads, dyed with natural dyes and woven into stripes and checks. Hand pulled silk threads are also woven into only the weft. Tosa men tsumugi: Kagami, Kōchi (Kami) Ueda tsumugi: 上田島紬: Ueda, Nagano: Ueda tsumugi is always striped and is sometimes referred to as ueda jima (jima meaning "stripes"). Ushikubi tsumugi ...

4. Kesi (tapestry) - Wikipedia

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   Song dynasty silk tapestry wrapper from the Admonitions Scroll of Gu Kaizhi, with a design of a peony among hydrangeas. Kesi (simplified Chinese: 缂丝; traditional Chinese: 緙絲; pinyin: kèsī) is a technique in Chinese silk tapestry. It is admired for its lightness and clarity of pattern.

5. Zari - Wikipedia

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   'Banarasi sari' from Varanasi (Banaras), silk and gold-wrapped silk yarn with supplementary weft brocade (zari) Zari (or jari) is an even thread traditionally made of fine gold or silver used in traditional Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani garments, especially as brocade in saris etc. [1] This thread is woven into fabrics, primarily silk, to make intricate patterns and elaborate designs of ...

6. Bsous Silk Museum - Wikipedia

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   The museum regularly puts on temporary exhibitions. For instance, in the past, it has put on displays for around 6 months, typically from May to October, displaying artisanal silks and weavings from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, and private silk collections from along the Silk Road, including China, Japan and the Middle East. [7]

7. African textiles - Wikipedia

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   The raw silk Aso oke called sanyan requires thousands of moth cocoons to be collected and their silk carefully unraveled and spun into thread. These types of labor-intensive activities were prerequisites to weaving and hand embroidering.