Daryayi was an old silk fabric. It could have gotten its name from the fabric's wavy or striped pattern, like a Darya, which means river. Daryayi silk was made in Meerut and Lucknow until the late eighteenth century by weavers known as daryayi baff. These weavers, most likely migrated to India from Central Asia, a well-known silk-weaving region between the Syr and Amu Darya rivers. This twelve-inch-wide fabric comes in a range of colors like red, yellow, blue, green, and white. Daryayi was used as a patka in Hindu wedding ceremonies, or as a border for women's clothing.[1][2]

Abul Fazl included Daryayi silk in his list of contemporary silk textiles.[1][2]

Daryayi silk has 480 single warp yarns or 280 double warp yarns in its weave structure.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Agrawal, Yashodhara (2003). Silk brocades. Internet Archive. New Delhi : Roli Books. p. 30. ISBN 978-81-7436-258-2.
  2. 1 2 3 A Monograph on Silk Fabrics Produced in the Northwestern Provinces and Oudh. Printed at the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh Government Press. 1900. p. 95.


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