Leather Jewelry Box

Description

Padded top cover with embossed Indian design on textured black leather jewelry box with mirror inside. Button to close. The artwork on leather was embossed with vegetable dye. The black box has a textured surface and a button in front to close.

Red leather jewelry box surface is smooth with embossed design of a lady with a deer story on top, button in front to close.

Both have mirror inside.

Color: Black and Red or orange

Dimension: Black-8.5” long, 5” wide, 2” thickness
Red- 7.4 long, 5” wide, 2” thickness

Source: Amar kutir, Shantiniketan, India

AMAR KUTIR is a society for rural development. It is situated beside the Kopai River in Birbhum near Bolpur Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India.Amar Kutir is a cooperative unit and a member of Fair-Trade forum of India that produces leather goods, hand stitched (Kantha) saris, bamboo crafts and batik art. Amarkutir is committed to encouraging crafters in the local area upgrade their skill by organizing training program.
In Shantiniketan leather products are made at Amar Kutir, Shantiniketan and surrounding areas at Bolpur-Shantiniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal, India. Mostly rural local women work in this leather craft units. The products are made up of E. I. Leather (East India Leather) from sheepskin and goatskin. On tanned leather, colored embossed artwork done with vegetable dye.