Help with Embroidery Terminology with Pictures

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^ you are FABULOUS!!! thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of all things kaam!!! :D

i now know that i had sitara work, dabka, diamante stones, and ganga jamani work on my wedding dress. i don't know why, but that makes me feel better!

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thats so cool!!! i love the sherwani…i so want one!!! :slight_smile:

im also getting one of these made…i think this looks very folksy..

the one on right looks like very fine goti work…i think

not sure what this is…(tila? nakshi? dabka/beads?)

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i liked this kind of work…but mommy thinks its too ‘gich mich’ apparently…i love it though… :slight_smile:

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me too! ^ that looks like dabka nd sequins

How old are you?
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What's antique dabka and kora?

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oh really...that book is available in libraries too...need to check that out...otherwise its super expensive--i mean for a book......

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wht exactly is tila and salma????????? is it different from dapka?

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This is so pretty!

very nice thread. I can never understand how my mom looks at a picture and can tell what type of work it is.

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tila is the fine gold work....dabka is the 3-d one....not sure what salma is..

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we have kashmiri family living in fort worth…and they sell kashmiri products…and i saw a similar shervani…it was priced $1200… :hayaa:

i did buy a shawl from them for $140
the one mommy liked was $900…:slight_smile:

I am getting a bedspread from them…it is filled with nakshi/dabka/tilla…comes with a hefty price tag…but they were willing to have me do installments on it.. :slight_smile:

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the jewelery doesn’t look good with the outfit, but the dress is very nice.

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Yeah…high quality embroidery definitely costs a fortune.

I remember seeing some cotton shalvar suits where the qameezes were embroidered like that shervani…someone had brought them here from Kashmir and was selling them for $1000 each…

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**ahahahahah this was never a real bridal picture :stuck_out_tongue:
The jewelery is “polki” set that belongs to my friend (Samira) and her younger sister chunniya (girl in the pic) just wore it for the advertisement shot…This was almost 2 years back when Samira & Umer were doing advertisement for their studio & salon.
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