Textile arts of Asia

thumb|Buddha Vairocana, the “Resplendent One”. Pigments on cloth, 14th century thumb|Thangka depicting Vajrabhairava, c. 1740 thumb|A large thangka hung on a Thangka wall|special wall at [[Gyantse in Tibet in 1938]]

thumb|right|Nakshi Kantha|Traditional kantha stitching in [[Bangladesh]] Kantha (Bengali: কাঁথা; Hindi: कान्था), also spelled kanta or qanta, is a type of embroidery craft in Bangladesh and eastern regions of India, particularly in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Odisha. thumb|Antique quilted kantha inscribed with the meditative chant Ram Krishna, courtesy the Wovensouls collection, Singapore In Odisha, old saris are stacked on each other and hand-stitched to make a thin piece of cushion. This is normally used above a bed cushion or instead of a cushion. Kantha saris are traditi

thumb|A shyrdak on the floor of a home in Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan

traditional Iban ceremonial woven textile originating from Borneo

thumb|Large thongdrel or appliqué festival thangka hung in the courtyard at [[Jakar Dzong in Bhutan, 2013]] thumb|The thangka wall at [[Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Tibet]] thumb|Large thangka hung on a wall at Gyantse in Tibet in 1938

a type of embroidered quilt

Traditional art of embroidery in Turkmenistan and Iran