Bayadere was an Indian silk fabric with a horizontal
stripe pattern.
Etymology
In Europe the term ''bayadere'' (from french: bayadère, from pt, balhadeira, literally ''dancer'') was occasionally used.
Structure and pattern
Bayadere was made using both
plain
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and
twill
Twill is a type of textile weave with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs. It is one of three fundamental types of textile weaves along with plain weave and satin. It is made by passing the weft thread over one or more warp threads then under ...
weaves. The fabric was either woven with weft stripes or
printed
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. The stripes were made with bright and strongly contrasting colors.
bayadere is a bayadere with a wavy pattern.
See also
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Sussi (cloth)
References
Woven fabrics
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