This is an orange and green handwoven silk stole with kantha embroidery on it. The stole features floral and traditional kantha work across the body with stitch detailing across the border. It has raw edges.Size:1.85 Meters x 21 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.