Colour: Maroon?ÿMaterial: SilkType of Work: Kantha EmbroiderySize: 80 x 24 InchesThis product is made to order.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.