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His embroidery unit houses 50 embroiderers hailing from nearby villages wholesale stainless steel slums, and caters to just about all kinds of "royalty" around the world. Embroidery, according to Lesage, is neither Indian nor French. "Embroidery originated in China and Persia, and was introduced to India and Europe by artists who travelled with Persian and Chinese soldiers when they went about invading wholesale lampwork beads countries," he says. "In Chennai, especially in Sriperumbudur in the Kanchipuram district, embroiderers were trained to cater to the Nawab of Arcot and subsequently, the British. Indian motifs here are, hence, highly adaptable." Vastrakala uses motifs from every venerable tradition one can think of-Renaissance, wholesale seed beads, Ottoman, African and Japanese. "Any modern design not confirming to these traditions is called an American motif," Ganesh laughs. Lesage's family has been long associated with embroidery. His family had bought the House of Michonnet from the Michonnet family in 1924 to create the House of Lesage. The House of Michonnet was created in 1860 and supplied textiles to Napoleon III, grandson of Napoleon I.