The loom
Jacquard or jala mechanisms control individual warp threads, allowing complex butis and border repeats. A single sari can take weeks on the loom.
Craft
Varanasi Brocade
Banarasi brocade uses supplementary weft threads — often zari — to build motif on the loom. The pattern is structural, not embroidered.
“Banarasi brocade uses supplementary weft threads — often zari — to build motif on the loom. The pattern is structural, not embroidered.”
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