HANDMADE

10 PCS VINTAGE KANTHA HAND CRAFTED COTTON LONG JACKETS INDIAN BOHO HANDMADE COAT

Each Jacket is hand stitched and made with vintage kantha quilt fabric. The jackets are reversible and made in India. Every pictures of each jacket showing inside and out. The size of the Kantha is flexible as it can be worn loose or fitted with the cuffs rolled or not. Kantha is a centuries-old tradition of stitching patchwork cloth from rags, which evolved from the thrift of rural women in the Bengali region of the sub-continent. One of the oldest forms of embroidery originating from India, its origins can be traced back to the pre-Vedic age (prior to 1500 BCE). This art form all but disappeared in the early 19th century before being revived in the 1940s by the daughter in law of the famed Bengali poet and Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. While the word kantha has no certain etymological root, it is believed to be derived from the Sanskrit word kantha, meaning rags. Traditionally, old cotton saris, lungis and dhotis, which had turned incredibly soft through wear were used to make kanthas, with the threa