{"id":"zardozi","no":750,"name":"Zardozi","ja":"ザルドージ刺繍","era":"living tradition / court textiles of the 18th–19th centuries","family":"染織の伝統","kind":"技法","source":{"title":"V&A — Indian embroidery: Zardozi","url":"https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/indian-embroidery"},"essence":"南アジアの宮廷や礼装で発展した、金・銀を巻いた糸や金属の部材を布へ留める刺繍。表面の高さと反射が文様の輪郭を強め、離れた位置からも装飾が読める。金色のプリントと区別し、現在の模造金属糸も含めて材料と留め方を見る。","cues":["金属糸と部材が布の上へ盛り上がる","光を受ける線と暗い地布の対比","花や曲線を密に置く縁と、密度を抑えた地","刺し留める糸と金属の反射が異なる"],"intents":["高級","高揚"],"pair":["phulkari","chikankari"],"study":["V&A — gold-wrapped thread and couching","Honolulu Museum of Art — wedding outfit from Delhi, 2016-43-01a-c","National Portal of India — Lucknow Zardozi"],"works":["宮廷や婚礼の染織を、素材の反射と立体的な縫い目から説明するとき","作り手との衣服・装飾布の企画で、輪郭と縁に光を集中させるとき"],"recipe":{"type":"文字まで金属の密度で埋めず、案内は装飾から離れた静かな面へ置く。","layout":"先に反射の強い縁と主題を決め、布地が見える面を残して重量感を調整する。","material":"金属糸の色、重さ、柔軟性と下地への固定を試し、光源を変えた見え方も確認する。"},"avoid":"金色ならザルドージとは限らない。zariの織物、金属糸刺繍、ビーズ装飾を一括せず、本物の貴金属か模造材料かを表示する。","colors":["#BD9A44","#8D342D","#292929"],"motif":"textile","collection":"Dictionary expansion 49","addedAt":"2026-10-05","reference":{"status":"verified","pageUrl":"https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/indian-embroidery","credit":"V&A — Indian embroidery: Zardozi","gallery":[{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wedding%20outfit%20from%20Delhi%2C%20India%2C%20Honolulu%20Museum%20of%20Art%2C%202016-43-01%20a-c.JPG?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wedding%20outfit%20from%20Delhi%2C%20India%2C%20Honolulu%20Museum%20of%20Art%2C%202016-43-01%20a-c.JPG","credit":"Zardozi wedding outfit from Delhi, 20th century — Honolulu Museum of Art, 2016-43-01a-c; photo: Hiart — Wikimedia Commons / CC0"},{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Close%20Shot%20of%20the%20Zardozi%20(Zardouzi)%20Embroidery%20Cushion%20Covers.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Close%20Shot%20of%20the%20Zardozi%20(Zardouzi)%20Embroidery%20Cushion%20Covers.jpg","credit":"Zardozi cushion-cover detail — Zarood — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0"}]},"en":{"essence":"Embroidery developed in South Asian courtly and ceremonial textiles, securing metal-wrapped threads and other metallic elements to cloth. Relief and reflection strengthen the ornament's outline. Modern imitation metal belongs in its material history; gold-coloured printing is a different process.","cues":["Metal threads and components raised above cloth","Reflective lines contrasting with darker grounds","Dense floral borders alongside quieter fields","Different reflections from securing thread and metal"],"works":["Explaining courtly or wedding textiles through reflection and stitch relief","Working with makers to concentrate light along the outlines and borders of cloth"],"recipe":{"type":"Give explanatory text a quiet surface separate from dense metalwork.","layout":"Plan the brightest border and main motif first, leaving cloth visible to balance their weight.","material":"Test metal colour, weight, flexibility and attachment under different light sources."},"avoid":"Gold colour alone does not establish zardozi. Distinguish zari weaving, metal-thread embroidery and beadwork, and identify precious metal versus imitation materials."},"links":{"page":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/zardozi","json":"https://indexstyle.org/api/styles/zardozi","designSpec":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/zardozi/design.md","imagePrompt":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/zardozi/prompt.txt"},"usage":{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","licenseName":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org","attributionUrl":"https://indexstyle.org","scope":"Original IndexStyle text and structured data. Reference images, quoted works, and third-party material are excluded and retain their own rights."}}