Kundan means pure gold and very much like the name suggests, very fine hand beaten sheets of pure gold sheets were hammered together in form of cups or holders or containers to hold the diamond.
Each ‘cup’ was filled with a natural glue like blackish colored substance called ‘lac‘.
This was then covered by a very fine film of pure silver which was used simply to cover the lac and gave a background to the diamond to make it look a bit shiny.
The diamond was then ‘pressed’ in the lac and the edges of the cup were gently pressed onto the edges to secure the stone in place.
Once the lac dried up, it would harden thus holding the stone in place.
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