SULMAH

An embroidery yarn used in Dacca, India, for cap and slipper ornament. It has a silk core and gold or silver thread round it. Also used without the silk core (see Kulla-butoon)

Gold and silver thread, native-made in India. The wire is beaten out on. a small anvil until fine enough. The wire is silver and gilded at least three times with pure gold. The gilding is not disturbed by the drawing out process. The varieties usually made are as follows: - Taash, flattened, used as warp or weft. Goshoo, used for embroidering caps, slippers, etc. Sulmah, stronger than Goshoo, for embroidering slippers. Bodlun, for making gold lace and brocade work.