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AT THE OCTOBER HIGH POINT Market, furniture and home décor manufacturer and importer Moe’s Home Collection quietly added throws to its product assortment. What’s unique about the throws is that ...
Kudzu and Company stocks kantha products at both their locations in Decatur and Sandy Springs. The throws are handmade in India or Nepal. From $65 to 125. With their whimsical fabrics and uneven ...
Kantha is more than one thousand years old, dating back to the pre-Vedic times (prior to 1500 BC) in ancient India, and although it was traditionally a utilitarian, functional style of embroidery ...
Kantha now is a big brand, one of Bengal's better-known products, recognised everywhere in India. Which is good, and maybe not. Two things happened since "a price value was added to the personal ...
The ‘Quilts of India’ exhibition, presented by the Crafts Council of India as part of its Golden Jubilee year, takes one along a captivating journey. The exhibition is a ‘moveable feast ...
In Kantha quilts, the base stitches are circular while in Sujni it is in straight lines. The repertoire of stitches of the two also vary. ... Handicrafts of India, ...
Her plush Alipore Road apartment now has traces of kantha creations all around, from the sofa cover on which you sit, to the curtains blocking out the sun, to the cushion cover you recline on, to the ...
Kantha, an ancient embroidery style popular in the subcontinent's eastern region including Bengal, had a modest beginning as a domestic, functional handicraft. Read on to find out more!
The kantha gowns and quilts stocked by TOAST, the clothing-and-homeware brand, have been made by small groups of artisans in west Bengal who are part of the fair-trade cooperative Sasha.