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silk sari with gold embroidery
Canon EOS 6D - f/8 - 1/100sec - 100mm - ISO 4000
- A sari, saree, or shari is a female garment from the Indian subcontinent that consists of a drape varying from five to nine yards (4.5 metres to 8 metres) in length and two to four feet (60 cm to 1.20 m) in breadth that is typically wrapped around the waist, with one end draped over the shoulder, baring the midriff.
- Paithani is a variety of sari, named after the Paithan town in Aurangabad Maharashtra state, where they are woven by hand. Made from very fine silk, it is considered as one of the richest saris in India.
- In fancy saris patterns (embroidery) could be woven with gold or silver thread, which is called zari (or jari) work. Today, in most fabrics, zari is not made of real gold and silver, but has cotton or polyester yarn at its core, wrapped by golden/silver metallic yarn.
- My late wife bought this one in 1973 in Bombay (Mumbai) in the Indian States store at Queen's Road, as the original box tells me.
silk sari with gold embroidery
Canon EOS 6D - f/8 - 1/100sec - 100mm - ISO 4000
- A sari, saree, or shari is a female garment from the Indian subcontinent that consists of a drape varying from five to nine yards (4.5 metres to 8 metres) in length and two to four feet (60 cm to 1.20 m) in breadth that is typically wrapped around the waist, with one end draped over the shoulder, baring the midriff.
- Paithani is a variety of sari, named after the Paithan town in Aurangabad Maharashtra state, where they are woven by hand. Made from very fine silk, it is considered as one of the richest saris in India.
- In fancy saris patterns (embroidery) could be woven with gold or silver thread, which is called zari (or jari) work. Today, in most fabrics, zari is not made of real gold and silver, but has cotton or polyester yarn at its core, wrapped by golden/silver metallic yarn.
- My late wife bought this one in 1973 in Bombay (Mumbai) in the Indian States store at Queen's Road, as the original box tells me.