Chikankari
Exquisite hand embroidery
Lucknow the city of nawabs
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah – Patronized the Chikan work among artisans of
Lucknow
Karigars of chikankari
Young and old
The work skill is transferred through generations. Young
and old work together and knowledge is passed on!
Working together
It takes months to ready one saari so together women pitch in and
complete the work.
Work on adda
Men usually work on addas.zardozi work is being combined with chikan
on this designer pure chiffon red saari with green border.
Motifs to be done
Notice how intricate is the design which when finished with
chikankari will be work of art !
Shadow work on a saari
Hand embroidery being done.notice how painstaking the job will be to
finish all that is yet to be done!
Chiffon dressmaterial
Yellow and white threads on black chiffon.
Shadow work on blue
Pink and white threads are used to make this
beautiful kurti .maroon border is added to
enhance the look.notice the lovely self
coloured sequins work.
kurtis
Stone work on pink kurti
Pink thread on black kurti
Tepchi work
white thread is used to do the neat and beautiful tepchi
work.
Kali daar kurti daraz work
Back side
Daraz work seen from inside.
Shadow work can be seen in the front.
Kairi motif
Exquisite chikan work done on red pure chiffon kurti. green
colour sequins are added to create magic.notice the keel
kanghan work and phanda along with murri and shadow work.
Purple stitched suit.
Crotchet and appliqué work
Gala buti
Only the neck is adorned with chikankari with small
butis all over the suit.
SUMMER WEAR.
Those were different styles of this handicraft called
chikan kari.Done mostly on cotton and chiffon now
also on mixed silk. It is mainly a summer wear
because of pastel colors used as base and mostly
white thread is used for embroidery.