Glossary
Thewa
Also written · thewa work
What is Thewa?
Thewa is a goldwork technique from Pratapgarh in Rajasthan. A sheet of high-carat gold is pierced into a scene, fused onto coloured glass and set in silver, so that the glass — usually green or ruby red — lights the openwork from behind. The craft has been carried by a single family lineage at Pratapgarh since the eighteenth century.
Objects catalogued under this term
No object in the published catalogue carries this term yet. The catalogue is being written object by object.