Brocades (kinkhad) of silver and gold are distinguished from others and called zari.  This coat pre-dates the invention of the Jacquard loom and its introduction to India in the 1920s. This indicates that a complicated loom called naksha was used and worked by two weavers simultaneously. When working with this loom a weaver was seated on a bench positioned above the warp threads. He would face the harness and pulled the weft threads to create the motifs. His colleague, seated at the other end of the loom, would mix the silk threads with the silver and gold threads. Like other famous metallic brocades, friction could cause abrasion and loss of metal. In times of financial crisis, one could always burn the textile to recuperate the metal.