Zardozi
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Zardozi, or zar-douzi or zarduzi, is an Iranian, Indian-subcontinent and Central Asian embroidery type. Zardozi comes from two Persian words: zar or zarin meaning 'gold', and dozi meaning 'sewing'. Za
Monumental Indo-Portuguese zardozi velvet panel from Gujarat/Surat, Mughal India, c. 1700–1730. Beatriz de Luna Art Collection, Portugal.
Close-up shoot of zardozi (zardouzi) embroidery
Vicereine Lady Curzon's peacock dress, with a skirt made of Indian zardozi needlework featuring green beetle wings and gold and silver thread, was a sensation at her coronation, making the front page of the Chicago Tribune on 27 September 1903.
Drawing of Delhi gold embroiderers at work in 1870, by John Lockwood Kipling
Peacock dress of Lady Curzon
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The Peacock dress of Lady Curzon is a gown made of gold and silver thread embroidered by the Workshop of Kishan Chand, and designed by Jean-Philippe Worth for Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
Zardozi
…from Gujarat/Surat, Mughal India, c. 1700–1730. Beatriz de Luna Art Collection, Portugal. Close-up shoot of zardozi (zardouzi) embroidery Vicereine Lady Curzon's peacock dress, with a skirt made of Indian zardozi needlework featuring green beetle wings and gold and silver thread, was a sensation at her coronation, making the…
Lady Curzon depicted in her peacock dress by William Logsdail, 1909
Albert Edward Jeakins, 1903, Lady Curzon wearing the peacock dress.
Lord and Lady Curzon arriving at the Delhi Durbar in 1903