Chikankari Mul Chanderi Dress Material Ivory Rose Red Floral

A unstitched dress material in ivory hand embroidered in rose red thread for a striking tonal contrast against the pale ground A dense paisley and floral placket anchors the kameez panel the ivory dupatta carries small red butis with banded red borders and tasselled ends and the set is supplied as three pieces ready to stitch to your measurements The coloured thread makes the handwork especially clear to read Paisleys and blooms are outlined in bakhiya shadow work and filled with closely tied murri and phanda knots while the borders use tepchi running stitch as a base line Where the design opens out you will see hand pulled jaali rather than punched holes no cut or frayed thread ends just the weave eased apart by the needle The reverse shows the knots and carry threads of genuine hand embroidery a machine version would sit flat and repeat with mechanical perfection Chikankari is the GI protected hand embroidery of Lucknow carried down from the Mughal ateliers Worked over many days by specialist karigars each piece keeps the small living irregularities that mark true handwork The red on ivory palette reads festive without being heavy so it carries from a daytime function to an evening get together Tailor it as a straight or flared kameez drape the matching dupatta and finish with gold toned or kundan jewellery