Use of Gold in Textiles

Gold has captured human imagination since time immemorial. It has provoked a powerful response in humans. It has been used for embellishment and adornment of human body since the ancient times. This adornment was not only limited to body in form of gold jewellery but it was also used to decorate the attire worn by the man. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy has described adornment in following words:

“The beauty of anything unadorned is not increased by ornament, but made more effective by it……..a thing is ritually transformed and made to function spiritually as well as physically.”