An unstitched suit set in soft peach: embroidered kurta fabric with a coordinating dupatta, ready for your tailor to cut to your exact measurements. The traditional way to buy Chikankari. Browse more suit sets & dress material.

Chikankari is an Art of Imagination, It is a handicraft process where the wooden blocks are hand chiseled in various design patterns, and the natural stew for printing is prepared, and printed on the cloth. The chikankari artisans then use ten ary of the needlecraft embroidery and perform the needlework artistically.

There are 32 stitches of chikankari broadly classified into Raised stitch, Embossed and Flat stitch.

Also Known: Suit Piece, Suit length, Dress Material, Suit Set, Cotton Unstitched Material, Fancy Suit piece, Kurta piece, running fabric, Kurta material.

We Manufacture The Traditional Heritage of AWADH, ‘चिकनकारी چکن کاری‬ ChikanKari’, Based in Chowk, लखनऊ.

Our Skilled Artisans are Specialists Of Authentic Hand Chikan Embroidery Art On a Variety Of Fabrics Like Cotton/Chanderi/Mulmul/Rayon/Muslin
/Silk/Chiffon/Georgette/Pure/Kota/Khadi
/Crepe/Linen/Net

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/Dupatta/Accessories
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Disclaimer: This product is hand embroidered and may have slight dissimilarities that are a natural outcome of human involvement in the process. These minor variations of Stitches/Motifs add to its charm and ensure you have a unique product.

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Chikankari Embroidery – an art form from traditional times that remains popular even today.

Where is this technique used?

Delicately worked Authentic Chikankari Suit designs were embroidered on the finest of cotton mulmul (muslin) fabrics during the Mughal period, and it had value and worth for its aesthetics. It had been encouraged very much during that time to make it one of the most popular embroidery techniques of India and which has remained so till date. This embroidery technique is popularly used to adorn beautiful kurtas and sarees and even home decor items.

What are the stitches employed in Authentic Chikankari Suit?

Authentic Chikankari Suit has flourished owing to its variety in stitches and designs. There are 10 principal stitches made from raw skeins of thread and employed. There are another 26 or so more, making it about 36 different stitches that adorn fabrics with Chikankari.

• Herringbone stitch
• Double back stitch
• Running stitch, the most common stitch that is worked on the right side of the fabric
• Stem stitch
• Couched running stitch
• Combination of buttonhole stitch and satin stitch
• Chain stitch is used to design the outline of leaves and petals especially when they are connected within their pattern.
• Detached chain stitch
• Satin stitch
• Fishbone stitch
• Pulled thread work
• Romanian Stitch
• Detached eyelet stitch
• Different knot stitches

What fabrics are suitable for chikankari work to be done on them?

Authentic Chikankari produces stunning effects on sheer fabrics for the shadowy effect that it gives. But Authentic Chikankari Suit Set is not restricted. You can do chikan work on any kind of fabric but the sheerest fabric is preferred for the shadow effect. Lucknowi Chikan Unstitched Suit Piece best

Deep indigo suit set covered in fine hand-embroidered white butis, with a richly patterned dupatta — unstitched fabric your tailor turns into a perfect fit. See all suit sets & dress material.

White embroidered kurta fabric set off by a brown patterned dupatta — an unstitched suit that becomes whatever silhouette your tailor cuts. See the full dress material collection.

The angrakha’s overlap front is one of the oldest silhouettes in Indian dress — here in breathable cotton with traditional Chikankari hand embroidery. Browse kurtis and kurtas.

Hand-embroidered in Lucknow, this blue anarkali kurta carries fine Chikankari shadow work across an easy A-line flare. Wear it with white palazzos for daywear or dress it up with metallics. Every piece is embroidered by hand, so yours will be subtly one of a kind. Browse more Chikankari kurtas.

A soft grey anarkali kurta with tonal Chikankari embroidery and a matching palazzo — understated enough for the office, detailed enough for a function. More styles in our anarkali collection.

Navy georgette anarkali with dense Lucknowi hand embroidery, finished with a matching dupatta and sharara. Made for weddings, receptions and festive evenings — the dark base makes the white stitchwork glow. Explore more Chikankari anarkalis.

A complete two-piece: breathable kurta with all-over Chikankari handwork, matched with comfortable pants. The hand embroidery is the kind machines can’t replicate — look closely at the knots and jaali. See the full Chikankari kurta collection.

Peach georgette kurta with pastel Chikankari embroidery, lined for comfort and paired with white bottoms. Soft, summery and hand-finished. Browse the kurta collection.

Crisp white kurta with all-over Chikankari handwork and matching pants — the piece every Chikankari wardrobe starts with. Hand-embroidered in the Lucknowi tradition. Complete the look from our kurta sets.