GiTAGGED® Santiniketan Leather Hand Block Printed – Card Holder (4.5×5.5) Inches

Origin
Santiniketan Leather Goods were first produced in Bichitra Studio, a place of making crafts at Santiniketan in 1932 under the guidance of Rabindranath Tagore’s son, Rathindranath & his wife Protima Devi.

The production and manufacture of Santiniketan Leather Goods was subsequently developed by stalwarts like Nandalal Bose, Suren Kar & Ramkinkar Beji with their innovative ideas and designs.

The Leather
The leather used is Vegetable tanned Goat & Sheep leather commonly known as East India Leather. The vegetable tanned leather exhibits unique property of permanently retaining the embossed imprints and gives a glossy effect when rubbed on smooth glass surface adding to the exclusive appearance.

Santiniketan Leather Craft : Uniqueness
Smooth and Glazing surface
Vegetable Tanned Leather.
Leather of Goat & Sheep.
Hand Block / Batik Motif.
Santhiniketani Style Traditional Motifs.
Soft, Grained effect & Exquisite.

8 Decades of R&D
The present-day, Leather products of Santiniketan are outcome of 8 decades of Research & Innovations in design, material and techniques developed in the region.

Climatic Influence
Geographical area of Santiniketan is a unique, characterized by extremely hot & dry climate, unique Composition of the Soil & water makes entire process of making Santiniketan Leather Craft exclusive.