Chikankari Mul Chanderi Dress Material Ivory Red Green

A unstitched dress material in ivory hand embroidered in vivid red blooms with green leaf and vine work for a festive multicolour look A dense red and green floral placket frames the kameez neckline matching butis sit across the body and dupatta and the dupatta is finished with a leafy bel border fine zari edge and tasselled ends The dress material is supplied unstitched ready to tailor The two colour thread makes the handwork plain to see Red petals are outlined in bakhiya shadow work and filled with raised murri knots green stems run in tepchi and fine chain stitch and the open spaces are hand pulled jaali rather than punched mesh the weave eased apart by the needle with no cut ends The reverse carries the knots and thread trails of genuine embroidery where a machine or printed copy would look flat uniform and clean on both sides Chikankari is the Geographical Indication craft of Lucknow worked in the city since the Mughal court A coloured floral piece like this takes many days across printer embroiderer and washer which is why each motif sits a little differently from the next The red and green on ivory reads cheerful and celebratory ideal for festivals pujas and daytime functions Stitch it as a straight or flared kameez with the matching dupatta and add gold toned jhumkas and bangles to lift the colour