Handloom brocade, pure silver zari
Woven on a pit loom over eleven weeks. The kadhwa technique cuts each motif separately rather than floating the thread behind the cloth, so the reverse is as clean as the face.
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11 pieces
Hand-embroidered on mul cotton
Thirty-two stitch families exist in chikankari. This panel uses six, worked white-on-white so the pattern reads only when light crosses it.
Tie-dye with abhla mirror work
Each dot is a knot tied by fingernail before the cloth meets the dye. A skirt of this size carries a little over nine thousand of them.
Couched metal thread on raw silk
Worked on an adda frame with a hooked needle. The weight is deliberate — zardozi should hang, not float.
Handspun, handwoven cotton
Khadi breathes because the yarn is spun unevenly. We cut it half a size generous and let the first wash bring it to you.
Double ikat, resist-dyed yarn
In double ikat both warp and weft are dyed before weaving. The soft edge on every motif is the weaver aligning two patterns by eye.
Hand block-printed cotton
Ages two to ten. Printed with carved teak blocks and mud-resist, so the colour softens with every wash rather than fading.
Appliquéd ribbon trim
Gota is flattened metal ribbon, folded and stitched into shapes. Light, unlike most festive childrenswear, which is the point.
Uncut stones set in 22k-plated silver
Kundan setting uses no prongs. Purified gold foil is worked cold around each stone until it holds — a technique older than the Mughal court that refined it.
Oxidised silver, granulation
The dome is raised from a single sheet. Granulation — those beads along the rim — is fused without solder.
Flat diamond with pearl drop
Polki is diamond in its natural cleaved state, unfaceted. It catches less light than a brilliant cut and looks warmer for it.
Made to order
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