Naqshi lacquer art — Sillanwali, Pakistan
A finished naqshi plate revealing rainbow-etched patterns

Threehundredyears.Threelayersofcolor.Onename:yours.

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02 — Naqshi

A thing of beauty is joy for ever.

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03 — The story
011710

An art is born in Kaithal

In a small Punjabi town, wood-turners marry lathe and lac. The naqshi tradition takes root.

021947

Carried across a border in memory

At Partition, families pack their tools, their lac sticks, and three centuries of instinct.

03Today

One hundred workshops, one small town

Sillanwali becomes the quiet capital of Pakistani lacquer woodcraft. Ustad to apprentice, still.

04Tomorrow

Your family's name, in their hands

A plate for a nikkah. An ayat for a home. A gift that will outlast the giving.

A blank naqshi wall plate ready for engraving
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Live preview — engraved by hand in Sillanwali
05 — Your Story

Whose name will it carry?

Every piece can be engraved by the ustadmaster artisan's hand — names, nikkah dates, ayats, dedications. Our naqshihand-scratched lacquer pattern artisans work with English, Urdu, and Arabic script on the khraadtraditional wood-lathe.

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