This is a rust & black pure Bishnupur silk dupatta with Kantha work. The dupatta features kantha embroidered floral motifs all over on a rust base and on black borders. Size: 235 cmsKantha 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.