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Chikan Embroidery Stores

Welcome to the page that entirely deals with the various Chikan Embroidery Stores in India! Chikan is a traditional embroidery style from India’s Lucknow. Literally, the word ‘chikan’ means ‘embroidery’ in Hindi. Chikan was believed to have been introduced by Noor Jehan, Mughal emperor Jahangir's wife. Chikan embroidery is one of Lucknow's most famous forms of textile decoration style. It is a type of hand embroidery with pattern, of preponderantly different designs, are stitched by using untwisted white cotton or silk (nowadays rayon) threads on the surface of the fabric or cloth. In chikan, there is a fixed repertoire of stitches. Some of the Indian Chikan Embroidery Stores are leading manufacturers and suppliers of chikankari clothes.

In the Chikan Embroidery Stores of India, some of the common types of stitches used are chain stitch, back-stitch, and hemstitch, and so it is an open work pattern, shadow-work or jail (lace). Although white threads were traditionally used on used on semi-transparent muslin cloth in chikan works, nowadays the Chikan Embroidery Stores also sells works of different colored threads and on different types of fabrics that include cotton, chiffon, georgette, silk, etc. To meet the demands of the trendy people, chikankari is now also coupled with the usage of mirror works and sequins to add a glittering look.

For your convenience, we are providing you a list of Indian Chikan Embroidery Stores:

Unique Chikan, 123, A. I. D. C. Makarpura,
Vadodara - 390 010, India
Vijaya Boutique, 1405 , Gorakhpur,
Madhya Pradesh – 482001, India
Silk Arena, H-1/99 D , Riico Industrial Area,
Mansarovar, Jaipur, Rajasthan - 302020, India
R. D. Creator, C/12 A, Kastoor Mill Comp.,
(Near L.I.C Bldg.), Senapati Bapat Marg, Dadar (W), India

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