Price: ₹849.00
(as of Oct 23, 2024 13:56:53 UTC – Details)
Product Description
Soul of Bengal brings exclusive Santiniketan Kantha Stitch Blouse Piece that mesmerizes everyone with it’s exquisite and elegant look. Bengal has an old tradition of Kantha Embroidery. Primarily the running and darning stitches done on the fabric creates effect of subdued richness and elegance. Each piece displays the talent and skill of the rural women revealing their individuality and innovation. Kantha work involves complex artistic handwork done by the artisans with a blend of exquisite embroidery in ornamental running stitch. It looks amazingly fabulous when paired with matching Saree. This is soft and comfortable to wear when stitched according to the style you desire. This Kantha embroidery enhances your style quotient.
Intricate Stitching
These products are handmade. There can be a few irregularities in the alignment of the stitching. Extensive stitching on the fabric may reduce the length and breadth of the clothes in few centimetres. Also, wrinkle-free clothes with Kantha Stitch is almost impossible even after thorough ironing. The finished product may not appear as machine-made finished product. You will receive a pre-washed and polished product.
Patterns of Embroidery
The designs are imprinted on the fabric by stencil method. A combination of variety of stitches such as Dhaner Chari, Bakheya, ZigZag , Are Tola, Box, Karsida, Chainstitch are used according to the demand of the design. Overall, to give an idea, a Sari with half of the area extensively stitched will take about 400 hours to finish. After stitching, the product will go through a cleaning and polishing. Caution, some of the sketch marks used to guide the stitching may remain after our wash, but these will fade away after 2-3 washes. These marks are very small and only very close observation can identify them. Also, there may be some smells of oils which are used during cleaning and polishing.
Modern History of Kantha Stitch
Kantha Stitch is as old as human civilization. It is one of the most popular handicrafts of Shantiniketan in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India. A few Kantha Stitch designs have the additional identifying features of being traditional or artistic in style. It carries with them a distinctive style of Nandala Bose and Binodbihary’s Alpona style. These styles were inspired by cave paintings from Ajanta and Illora, traditional Pattachitra/cloth-based scroll painting as well as Batik’s style from Bali-Java in Indonesia.
The Kantha stitch handicraft in Shantiniketan is renowned for its attractive style and down-to-earth appearance. Because of its design, elegance and uniqueness, Kantha Stitch has already received its GI tag of West Bengal.
The beauty of Kantha Stitch lies in the traditional skills of the rural women artisans, their understanding of materials and of course, their grasp of the design, form and decoration of their products, all acquired over generations.
Pure Cotton Fabric
Modern Kantha Stitch products are crafted on the soft cotton, pure silk, art silk, tussar, georgette and on almost any possible fabric which can hold the stitches. Some creative and modern work also involve khes cotton, khadi, and tant materials. Usually, multi ply cotton threads of various shades are used over the materials to stitch.
This beautiful blouse material from the house of Soul of Bengal is elegantly-crafted with pure cotton fabric.
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Colour
Black Black Red Black Yellow Off White
Fabric
Cotton Cotton Cotton Cotton Cotton Cotton
Package Dimensions : 28 x 25 x 1.5 cm; 160 g
Date First Available : 6 April 2024
Manufacturer : Soul of Bengal
ASIN : B0D11YZV2S
Item model number : KEBP0124072
Department : womens
Manufacturer : Soul of Bengal, Soul of Bengal, West Bengal
Packer : Soul of Bengal, West Bengal
Item Weight : 160 g
Net Quantity : 1.00 count
Generic Name : Hand Kantha Embroidered Blouse Material
