Chikan Sample

Chikan sample from Lucknow, India, c. AD 1900. Chikan sample from Lucknow, India, c. AD 1900. Courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum, acc. no. IS.58-1968.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds a sample of the famous chikan fabric. It was made in Lucknow at the beginning of the twentieth century and measures 40.1 x 30 cm. This sample includes two delicately embroidered bands or cuffs, which would be cut out to be sewn onto a garment. The pale brown embroidery threads are muga silk, often added to the chikan fabrics from Lucknow.

V&A online catalogue (retrieved 4 January 2017).

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