Hello Friends in Africa & Cameroon - Slip into the ultimate feeling of comfort - Chikan. Chikankari is fine art of embroidery made with white untwisted yarn with the help of a needle on a fine plain cloth. The cloth is generally plain white, pink, maroon, shades of green etc. so that the embroidery work is visible. Earlier chikankari was done on fine white cotton fabric called muslin or mulmul, but with decline of availability of material, gradually the work was started being done on other fabrics like Organdie, Cotton and Silk, Voil, Chiffon, Lenin, Rubia, Khadi, Handloom cloth, Terry Cotton, Polyester, Georgette, Terry voil. During 17th-18th century, this fine embroidery Chikan was produced in Dhaka, which was later, brought to Lucknow from East Bengal by the Nawabs of Awadh. Chikankari flourished and got its due recognition under the patronage of the rulers of Awadh. Some historians opine, that Chikan is a Persian craft. The word Chikan is probably a derivative from the Persian word Chikin or Chikeen which means a kind of embroidered fabric. Possible linguistic connection could be chiq/chic which is Persian word for purdah. To buy pls email or call > Ms Lawrencia :.Pls email for more information / call > [email protected]/(237)77437851
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 02:32:30 +0000
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