This is a blue handwoven silk dupatta with kantha embroidery on it. The dupatta features multicoloured floral kantha work on it. It has raw edges.Size:2.4 Meters x 36 Inches Kantha is the traditional running stitch which originated from the way in which Bengali housewives mended old clothes by taking out a strand of thread from the colorful border of their saris and making simple designs with them. The origin of Kantha traces its history to a period not less than a thousand years and is still practiced today by millions women in rural Indian districts.