
An art is born in Kaithal
In a small Punjabi town, wood-turners marry lathe and lac. The naqshi tradition takes root.




A thing of beauty is joy for ever.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.