Gujarat’s textile traditions span the Patola double-ikat sarees of Patan — woven only by a handful of families — to the bright Bandhani tie-dye work and the lustrous Mashru silks of Kutch.
Region · West
Gujarat.
Patola double-ikat from Patan, Bandhani tie-dye, and Mashru silks of Kutch.
Field guide
Weaves from Gujarat.
File № 11 Gujarat
Patola
Double-ikat silk from Patan, Gujarat — both warp and weft pre-dyed, woven by only a handful of families.
File № 13 Gujarat
Bandhani
Rajasthan and Gujarat's tie-dye craft — thousands of tiny knots tied by hand before dyeing, producing fields of dots in vivid contrast colours.
File № 15 Gujarat
Mashru
Gujarat's silk-faced cotton — silk on the outside, cotton against the skin — historically woven for Muslim communities whose religious code restricted pure silk on skin.
