PIECES OF GOLD AND SILVER
Image: Courtesy of V&A Museum, muslin embroidered with beetle wings and couched gold wire. makers unknown. 19th century.
Text: Nidhi Garg Allen
Zardozi is sometimes also called 'karchobi' or 'adda'— a framework —and this is the primary tool in zardozi embroidery. As a technique, zardozi is more akin to metallic appliqué work than embroidery...
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