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Embroidery in India includes dozens of embroidery styles that vary by region and clothing styles. Designs in Indian embroidery are formed on the basis of the texture and the design of the fabric and the stitch. The dot and the alternate dot, the circle, the square, the triangle, and permutations and combinations of these constitute the design.
The technique of chikan embroidery is known as chikankari (चिकनकारी چکن کاری).Chikankari is a delicate and artfully done hand embroidery on a variety of textile fabrics like cotton, chanderi, muslin, georgette, viscose, silk, organza, net, etc. White thread is embroidered on cool, pastel shades of light muslin and cotton garments.
The mochi embroidery style with "chin stitch and parrot circle" patterns influenced their styles. [4] Soof meaning "neat and clean" is made in geometric designs dominated by a "chevron design" known as 'leher' or 'waves' which gives the product a unique pattern which is an innovation. [1] A hanging type of embroidery design
Gota patti or gota work is a type of Indian embroidery that originated in Rajasthan, India. [1] [2] [3] It uses the applique technique. Small pieces of zari ribbon are applied onto the fabric with the edges sewn down to create elaborate patterns. Gota embroidery is used extensively in South Asian wedding and formal clothes.
Shisha embroidery originated in the 17th century in India. People in lower classes mimicked the jeweled garments of the wealthy by decorating fabric with silver beetles' wings and chips of mica . When a process for manufacturing tiny mirror discs was developed during the Mughal Empire , these tiny mirrors or shisha were swiftly adopted for ...
Toda embroidery, also locally known as "pukhoor", [1] is an art work among the Toda pastoral people of Nilgiris, in Tamil Nadu, made exclusively by their women. [1] The embroidery, which has a fine finish, appears like a woven cloth [2] but is made with use of red and black threads with a white cotton cloth background. Both sides of the ...
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Phool Patti ka Kaam (Patti work, Patti ka kaam, Floral and leaf motifs) is a dying traditional craft of appliqué style embroidery practiced at Aligarh and Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. Phool Patti ka Kaam was the combination of patchwork and embroidery in which floral designs were created on clothes.