This is a blue wooden tray with Kantha work. The rectangular tray features a pure silk kantha embroidered panel with an acrylic top. Size: 9.5 x 7.5 InchesKantha 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.