The embroidery consists of delicate silk satin stitches, in complicated patterns and designs, on finely woven cotton or wool fabrics. Also known as kandahari or khamak dooze, Khamak means ...

In this Know Your Handloom edition, we take a look at the Parsi gara embroidery - a blend of cultures, reimagined for modern ...

The tradition of lace-making in the village of Lefkara in southeastern Cyprus dates back to at least the fourteenth century. Influenced by indigenous craft, the embroidery of Venetian courtiers who ...