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TextileGI Tagged · 2007-08
Nakshi Kantha
TownShantipur
StateWest Bengal
Craft typeTextile
GI tag2007-08
About
A running-stitch embroidery tradition originally used to quilt together old, worn saris into layered blankets, transformed by intricate decorative motifs of flora, fauna and everyday village life stitched entirely by hand.
Did you know? Nakshi Kantha originated as a resourceful recycling craft — rural Bengali women would layer several worn-out cotton saris together and bind them with decorative running stitches, turning discarded cloth into both a functional quilt and a work of folk art.