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| Keywords: Gold and silver wire and thread drawers at work - 1873.jpg en The tinsel wires are made of silver or silver coated with gold leaf and made into a bar which is then forced through a series of holes on a steel plate to obtain increasingly fine-gauged lengths Traditionally the wire was then wound onto a reel as seen in the photograph attached at the other end to a jantar another steel plate which allowed for further refining of the gauge Wires no thicker than a hair were obtained this way A tola 180 grains of metal usually produced 600 to 1 200 yards of wire This product is used sometimes together with silk in a wide range of articles and garments Examples of all the following were sent to the Vienna exhibition turbans saris dresses shoes fringing gold and silver lace shawls rugs and tablecloths It was held that metal threads from India were less likely to tarnish than similar products from other sources 1873 http //www oldindianphotos in/2011_08_16_archive html Shivashanker Narayen other versions Custom license marker 2015 03 25 PD-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Uncategorized 2015 March 25 | ||||
