The design
Sitara: The Embroiderer's Small Star
In Indian embroidery a sequin is a sitara, the Persian and Urdu word for star, or chamki, from the Hindi for shine. In the zardozi workshops that grew under Mughal patronage, sitaras were punched from flattened metal wire and stitched by hand among gold and silver thread, so a garment glittered by lamplight. The craft still lives in centres such as Lucknow, Agra and Bareilly. This saree is machine embroidered with light, iridescent sequins, a modern descendant of that hand-stitched sparkle.
Piece by piece
Technical Specifications
What each piece is made of, and how it is finished.
Saree
- Fabric
- Soft net
- Workmanship
- All-over thread embroidery with scattered iridescent sequins; scalloped sequin border on every edge
- Length
- 5.5 m
Blouse
- Fabric
- Bangalore silk
- Workmanship
- Plain
- Stitching
- Unstitched, 0.8 m; made to your size
- Shown stitched sleeveless with a deep V-neck
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