Zardozi Once Used Real Gold Wire: What Modern Zari Contains and How to Test Authentic Fabric
What Real Zardozi Gold Wire Actually WasThe gold wire in Mughal-era zardozi was not decorative in the way we use that word now. It was currency. Artisans in Lucknow and Agra worked with badla, flattened strips of real gold or silver wound around a silk core, and the finished garment…
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