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Antique Kantha Embroidery Textile.
1800-1900 A.D


Size 41" x 41"
Size 104 x 104cm

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East Bengal
Kantha hails from the regions of erstwhile East Bengal, present day West Bengal and Bihar. Essentially a woman's art, it is a form of patched, quilted and vividly embroidered textile made entirely out of used cloth.

 

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Antique Kantha Embroidery

 

 

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