1676 Old Kantha Embroidery Bengal Textile Art

An old Kantha Textile.

Mid 1900s

Kantha Cover (Bostani), Bengal

Elephant and floral motif in square shape which was considered auspicious.

The unusual feature about this elaborately done artwork is that it is a single layer of fine cloth – most probably cotton but could be muslin

Was probably intended as wrapper for a book

81 x 79 cm