Mirror Work Fabric

Mirror work fabric at TradeUNO — mirror embroidery on Chanderi at 44 inches from around Rs. 1,817 a metre, plus dyeable chiffon dupattas from about Rs. 700 and Chanderi Lakhnawi kurta pieces sold per piece at 3 metres.

Mirror work — shisha — fixes small mirrors to the cloth with a ring of embroidery stitches rather than glue, which is why genuine shisha survives wear and washing while glued imitations shed. It is a Gujarati and Rajasthani tradition now used well beyond those regions.

Check whether a listing is priced per metre or per piece before ordering, since this collection carries both.

Related collections

• Cutdana — beaded embellishment
• Chanderi — the common base cloth
• Rajasthani — regional traditions
• Embroidery — all worked grounds