{"id":"chikankari","no":749,"name":"Chikankari","ja":"チカンカリ刺繍","era":"living tradition","family":"染織の伝統","kind":"技法","source":{"title":"V&A — Indian embroidery: Chikan","url":"https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/indian-embroidery"},"essence":"ラクナウを代表的な中心とする、薄い布に細かな白糸を重ねる刺繍。平らな縫い目、盛り上がる縫い目、布を透かすjaaliを組み合わせ、色数よりも光と影で花や茎を浮かばせる。白い刺繍一般の名前ではなく、複数のステッチと分業で育った地域の仕事として扱う。","cues":["薄い綿布に白糸の花と茎が現れる","平面と盛り上がった縫い目が小さな影を作る","jaaliの透かしが布の密度を部分的に変える","大きな色面より、細い線と軽い余白で見せる"],"intents":["静けさ","親密"],"pair":["kantha","zardozi"],"study":["V&A — Chikan whitework from Lucknow","Flat, raised and jaali stitches","National Portal of India — Lucknow Chikan Craft"],"works":["刺繍の展示で、白い布の凹凸を光の向きと拡大写真から伝えるとき","作り手との衣服・生活布の企画で、薄さと細かな手仕事を中心にするとき"],"recipe":{"type":"説明文は布と重ねず、淡い表面にも読める独立した文字面へ置く。","layout":"花と茎を細いまとまりとして置き、透かす部分と布を残す部分を交互に作る。","material":"薄い綿布と細い糸を試し、縫い目の高さが横からの光で読めるように撮影する。"},"avoid":"白糸刺繍をすべてチカンカリと呼ばない。現代の色糸や装飾の追加を排除せず、素材、工程、作り手を個別に確かめる。","colors":["#F3F0E7","#DDD7CA","#76766E"],"motif":"textile","collection":"Dictionary expansion 49","addedAt":"2026-10-05","reference":{"status":"verified","pageUrl":"https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/indian-embroidery","credit":"V&A — Indian embroidery: Chikan","gallery":[{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chikan%20embroidery%2C%20Lucknow.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chikan%20embroidery%2C%20Lucknow.jpg","credit":"Chikan embroidery, front, Lucknow — photo: Joey Berzowska — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0"},{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chikan%20embroidery%20from%20the%20back%2C%20Lucknow.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chikan%20embroidery%20from%20the%20back%2C%20Lucknow.jpg","credit":"Chikan embroidery, reverse, Lucknow — photo: Joey Berzowska — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0"}]},"en":{"essence":"Embroidery associated especially with Lucknow, using fine white stitches on delicate cloth. Flat work, raised stitches and open jaali areas make flowers legible through light and shadow. It is a regional repertoire and collaborative practice, rather than a name for all white embroidery.","cues":["White flowers and stems on fine cotton","Flat and raised stitches producing small shadows","Open jaali areas changing the fabric's density","Fine lines and light spacing rather than large colour fields"],"works":["Showing the relief of white embroidery through lighting and enlarged photographs","Developing garments or household textiles with makers around delicacy and fine handwork"],"recipe":{"type":"Keep explanations on a separate readable surface rather than over the cloth.","layout":"Group flowers and stems lightly, alternating openwork with areas of intact cloth.","material":"Test fine cloth and thread, and photograph from an angle that reveals stitch height."},"avoid":"Not all whitework is chikankari. Document the maker, process and material individually, including modern coloured threads and additional embellishment."},"links":{"page":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/chikankari","json":"https://indexstyle.org/api/styles/chikankari","designSpec":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/chikankari/design.md","imagePrompt":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/chikankari/prompt.txt"},"usage":{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","licenseName":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org","attributionUrl":"https://indexstyle.org","scope":"Original IndexStyle text and structured data. Reference images, quoted works, and third-party material are excluded and retain their own rights."}}