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Kantha
Smriti Kantha Stole
Tussar ground · Hand-stitched memory
Six months of running stitch.
Rs. 29,000.00Limited Edition
Inclusive of all taxes · SKU VST-KAN-004
Quantity
1
In stock · ships within 48 hours
- Complimentary white-glove shipping across India
- Signed by the master weaver, with provenance card
- 14-day exchange · alterations included
- Authenticated by the Vastranu atelier
Delivery & Shipping
Worldwide via DHL Express · 5–7 working days
A Tussar silk stole densely covered in Kantha — a running stitch that, in Bengal, has historically carried prayers, lullabies, and quiet grief.
An atelier note for this piece will be added shortly.
Tussar silk, hand-spun cotton thread · Woven in Shantiniketan, West Bengal. Weave time: 6 months.
Dry clean only · Avoid direct sunlight
Complimentary white-glove shipping across India, dispatched within 48 hours. Worldwide via DHL Express (3–5 days). 14-day exchange for ready-to-wear; bridal commissions are made-to-order and final.
Vastranu · Calcutta MCMXLVII
Inside the cloth
The signatures, in close.
The places the eye returns to — the pallu, the border, the blouse — photographed in raking light at the atelier.
01 · The pallu
Smriti Kantha stole laid flat
02 · The border
Stitch density close-up
From the loom
The making of this piece.
- 6 months
- On the loom
- 01
- Village — Shantiniketan
- 100%
- Hand-loomed, never powerloom
In their own words
What our patrons have written.
5.0
Based on 1 note
Ratna Banerjee
Shantiniketan · Personal
2 Apr 2026
Verified buyerSix months of stitches I can hold in my hand.
"The Kantha density is what I came for. Used as a dupatta over a plain Tant — and the room recognised it. The hand-stitched ends fray, as they should. This is not a polished factory finish; it is a Bengal stitch."
Questions, answered
Notes to the atelier.
The questions our patrons most often write to us. Anything else, atelier@vastranu.com.
