These kind of sarees are quite generally famous for their wide usage in marriages as well as other occasions. The very body of the Konrad sarees do contain a woven pattern usually checks or stripes. The very endpiece of the saree does contain either a series of widely spaced zari stripes or more classy and elaborate versions, extra weft figuring. The quite common form of endpiece of Konrad sarees is found in a wide band that is usually of zari along with weft-wise triangular point woven in the interlock weft practice. The very designs of such sarees do vary as the designs differ from straight edged border or even with various styles of triangular motif known as karavai. Several of the Konrad sarees are quite named after the very color of their limits such as arakku saree having lac-dyed border and pudapayalam karavai a yellow serrated border.
The Konrad saree of South India is majorly woven in eastern Tamil Nadu, in Kanchipuram, Salem, Arni Madras, Kumbakonam and Thanjavore. though, Arni was considered to be one of the major centres for these sarees in the 19th century, but in present times, Kanchipuram is quietly regarded as the most crucial Tamil-silk weaving centres. The Kumakonam and Thanjavore areas of South India do make heavy to medium weight Konrad silks that is quite similar in style as well as system to Kanchipuram’s; however the endpiece warps are gently fond of in a different manner. One of the more traditional variations of the Konrad sarees is the alleged temple sarees. These kinds of sarees are interlock weft-woven ‘mubbhagam’ saree that has its two borders as well as field of equal widths.