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Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail

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Description: Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail

TitleKantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureBengali

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1800–1900

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in back, buttonhole, darning, satin, running, eye, arrowhead, cross, and surface satin stitches

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/114200

Accession number1968-184-4

SubjectsBengali textile fabricsKanthasEmbroidery--Patterns

StatusJessore District, Undivided Bengal (SK); the use of different thicknesses of yarn allows for variation in the lines in this kantha; from two to six individual strands have been spun together to form the yarn

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A Many-Splendored Thing: Kantha Technique and Design

Description: Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz...

Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection and the Stella Kramrisch Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The name kantha may be applied to a range of Bengali textiles that display a variety of techniques, functions, and designs. Some are plain while others are extensively embroidered. The most humble and utilitarian of these layered and quilted...

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PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Copyright© 2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.139-154

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00323.6

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22917&redirecttoanchor=82533

Chapter subject tags:KanthasBengali textile fabricsEmbroidery--PatternsUpcycling (Waste, etc.)

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