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The Dream fabric of every woman - Kimkhwab Brocade

Kimkhwab is known for its heavy and luxurious form of brocade. The word Kimkhwab proclaim as tiny or little dreams which extent to mean ‘ the fabric of dreams’. Kimkhwab different known as kamkwab , kimcab, zartari Kinkhwab,  zar-baft, puspapata and few others.  Orign China and Japan produces tilla earlier known as Kadavi. It was a combination of silver and Tamba ( copper) which was coated with silver and gold. Later Benaras in India introduced from Tibet by the Buddhist pilgrims and gradually, adopted to the Indian subcontinent.  Recognize in India from olden times, Kimkhwab was called Hirany, or cloth of gold, in basic literature around 1500 BC. In Gupta period around 4th -6th century AD, it was known uas Puspapata, or the cloth with woven flowers. Kimkhwab brocade was greatly famous in the Mughal era and is known as luxurious items. When British came it is used to create variety of patterns and garments over the period of time, Kimkhwab circulat...