This is a black handloom tussar silk stole with Kantha work. The stole has a black body with Kantha embroidered floral motifs all over. Size: 2.10 Meters x 24 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 colourful border of their sarees 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.