Brocade Silk

Tibetan brocade : Red Lotus vine from KashiFab, a Tibetan brocade manufacturer in Banaras, Varanasi. KashiFab, sold by the metre on enquiry. The still shows a red ground with brown and cream lotus heads on blue vines. The cloth is cut as festive dress material, cut by the metre rather than sold as a finished garment. A typical enquiry is a fashion buyer in Italy who needs this motif for festive dress material. Manufactured in Varanasi, Banaras, India, and exported to Tibet, Shanghai in China, and Nepal, with Bhutan as a further market.

Tibetan brocade : Red Small round flower from KashiFab, a Tibetan brocade manufacturer in Banaras, Varanasi. KashiFab, sold by the metre on enquiry. The still shows a red ground with small multicolour flower rounds and gold vines. The cloth is cut as festive dress material, cut by the metre rather than sold as a finished garment. A typical enquiry is a made-to-order studio in Germany ordering this shade for festive dress lengths. Manufactured in Varanasi, Banaras, India, and exported to Indonesia, Japan, and Tibet, with Bhutan as a further market.

Tibetan brocade : Red Facing dragon panel from KashiFab, a Tibetan brocade manufacturer in Banaras, Varanasi. KashiFab, sold by the metre on enquiry. The still shows a red ground with large facing dragon panels over clouds and pillars. The cloth is cut as a festive jacket panel, cut from this cloth by the metre. A typical enquiry is a design studio in the United States sourcing this weave for jacket panels. Manufactured in Varanasi, Banaras, India, and exported to Japan, Tibet, and Shanghai in China, with Bhutan as a further market.

Tibetan brocade : Red Small gold flower from KashiFab, a Tibetan brocade manufacturer in Banaras, Varanasi. KashiFab, sold by the metre on enquiry. The still shows a red ground with a dense small gold flower, and a gold shade of the same design folded at the edge. The cloth is cut as festive dress material, cut by the metre rather than sold as a finished garment. A typical enquiry is a made-to-order studio in Germany ordering this shade for festive dress lengths. Manufactured in Varanasi, Banaras, India, and exported to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Japan, with Bhutan as a further market.

Tibetan brocade : Marigold Chrysanthemum scroll from KashiFab, a Tibetan brocade manufacturer in Banaras, Varanasi. KashiFab, sold by the metre on enquiry. The still shows a marigold ground with large chrysanthemum scrolls in red, blue, and green. The cloth is cut as a lehenga panel, where this repeat needs to read across a flared length. A typical enquiry is a couture workroom in France using this ground for lehenga panels. Manufactured in Varanasi, Banaras, India, and exported to Shanghai in China, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, with Bhutan as a further market.

Tibetan brocade : Purple Gold damask from KashiFab, a Tibetan brocade manufacturer in Banaras, Varanasi. KashiFab, sold by the metre on enquiry. The still shows a deep purple ground with a large gold damask, and a darker shade of the same design at the lower edge. The cloth is cut as a lehenga panel, where this repeat needs to read across a flared length. A typical enquiry is a couture workroom in France using this ground for lehenga panels. Manufactured in Varanasi, Banaras, India, and exported to Shanghai in China, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, with Bhutan as a further market.

KashiFab lists this gold Dragon over water Tibetan brocade by the metre. A gold-ground dragon above a woven water and landscape panel, shown in more than one length. The photograph shows more than one ground of this design. End use is a lehenga panel. A lehenga workshop in the United Kingdom is the sort of enquiry this face is cut for. Export from India (Varanasi) covers Tibet, China, Nepal, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and other countries.

Maroon Dragon and landscape Tibetan brocade from KashiFab in Varanasi. The still shows a maroon dragon over a separate landscape length in the same still. The photograph shows more than one ground of this design. The cloth is sold by the metre on enquiry for a lehenga panel. A typical enquiry is a lehenga workshop in the United Kingdom. KashiFab exports this fabric from India (Varanasi) to Tibet, China, Nepal, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and other countries.

Tibetan brocade for a festive dress: Olive Crane pagoda blossom. An olive ground with blue cranes, white blossom, a small pagoda, and cloud bands. Enquire for the metre. Wholesale buyers include a festive-dress house in Germany, and the same cloth is exported from Varanasi, India, to Tibet, China, Nepal, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and other countries.