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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.
A second technique uses a fine hook to chain stitch thread to the fabric; in Europe this technique is known as Tambour [4] or Luneville [5] embroidery, and is commonly used to bead haute couture garments. In India the work is called Zari or Moochi Aari, [6] or just Aari [7] and is used on garments and furnishings. A hallmark of Tambour or ...
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In March 2013, it was listed as "Kutch Embroidery" under the GI Act 1999 of the Government of India with registration confirmed by the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks under Class 24 Textile and Textile Goods, and its logo registered in November 2015 vide application number 509 for the dated 8 January 2012. [1]
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.
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 ...
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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.