Nelly - Draped Tally Top — Handmade Silver Tulle-bi-Telli Embroidery | ANKH Heritage

Blue like the Nile in daylight.
Silver like everything Egypt has always known how to do.

The Nelly is a draped Tally top in cornflower blue tulle — 
hand-embroidered with silver Telly threads in dense 
geometric bands. Diamonds. Triangles. The ancient 
symbolic language of Upper Egypt, worn the way it 
was always meant to be: on a living person, in motion, 
catching light.

The cowl neckline drapes softly at the front — no 
fastening, no fuss. The silhouette is relaxed and 
structured at once: fluid through the body, clean 
at the shoulders.

This is the piece that works harder than it looks like 
it will. Jeans in the afternoon. Linen trousers at 
sunset. Whatever comes after that.

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Details:

• Draped cowl neckline
• Cornflower blue tulle base
• Full Tally silver embroidery — geometric bands 
    (diamonds, triangles, Upper Egyptian motifs)
• Sleeveless with structured shoulder line
• Relaxed, easy fit

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Tally (Tulle-bi-Telli) is a centuries-old craft of 
Upper Egypt — metal strips threaded by hand through 
cotton mesh, one stitch at a time, by artisans whose 
skill is inherited, not learned from a manual.

Each piece is made by hand and given its own name.

Nelly is one of a limited number.