{"product_id":"kantha-dupatta-hand-embroidered-bengal-village-life-motif-on-black-silk-by-masuma-khatun-bolpur","title":"Kantha Dupatta — Hand-Embroidered Bengal Village-Life Motif on Black Silk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE HOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLook long enough and the black fabric disappears. What's left is a village in motion — an elephant mid-stride, a bullock cart turning a corner, a woman balancing a basket she's carried a hundred times before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasuma Khatun stitched this dupatta from her home in Bolpur, working the way Nakshi Kantha has always been worked — one scene at a time, one figure at a time, with no printed outline to follow. This is the older, narrative form of Kantha: not a border motif repeated for effect, but an entire rural world laid out in thread — farmers, herders, goats, deer, palm groves, a loaded cart on its way to market. It is the kind of piece that used to be made slowly, over months, for a daughter's trousseau or a family's most important saree. This one carries that same intention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE CRAFT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe base is fine black silk, chosen because it holds colour the way no other fabric does — every thread sits forward, sharp against the dark. The entire surface is hand-embroidered in dense, all-over Nakshi Kantha work: dozens of small figures, animals, and trees rendered in six-thread cotton across reds, golds, blues, greens, and pinks. A traditional Kantha border in gold and maroon runs the length of the piece. Work of this density is not rushed — it happens in the same unhurried hours that have shaped Bengal's Kantha tradition for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PRODUCT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric: Fine silk base, fully hand-embroidered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMotif: All-over Nakshi Kantha — village-life narrative scenes with figures, animals, palm trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorder: Traditional gold and maroon trim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnique: Dense, all-over hand running stitch, multi-colour thread work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCare: Dry clean only. Store folded in muslin, away from direct sunlight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShips in 5-7 days in premium, plastic-free packaging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Masuma Khatun, Bolpur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51400260518194,"sku":null,"price":5963.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/5746\/9746\/files\/Screenshot_2026_0701_113059.webp?v=1782902762","url":"https:\/\/kantha.store\/products\/kantha-dupatta-hand-embroidered-bengal-village-life-motif-on-black-silk-by-masuma-khatun-bolpur","provider":"KANTHA.STORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}