Having witnessed centuries of handmade textile tradition, the city has seen many changes in preferences of colours, patterns, motifs, borders and styles over the years. Between 350 AD to 500 AD floral patterns, animal and bird depictions gained popularity. By 13th century ‘Butidar’ designs were excessively in demand. With the advent of Mughals & following cultural concoction in 16th century, Islamic patterns like florals and ‘Jali’ or ‘Jaal’ came in vogue, giving a new flavour to Indian fashion trends. Soon in 19th century, Indian designs started showing a close resemblance to Victorian style wall papers and Geometrical patterns (a carry forward of the Mughal Lattice work). Text by @gaatha.handicrafts ✨ #Heritage #Historic #Beautiful #Beaut #Textiles #TextilesOfIndia #FabricsOfIndia #Fabric #HandWoven #HandMade #Splendid #Weaves #Weavers #Painstakingly #Couture #TheOriginalCouture #TheLandOfHandMade #CraftsCraftsOfIndia #Banaras #BanarasDiaries #BanarasJournal #UttarPradesh #India #IncredibleIndia #Wanderer #Wanderlust #Travel #Travelogue #TravelDiaries (at Banaras)