Santiniketan Leather Goods refers to exquisite colourful handcrafted leather products symbolising the cultural and social values of West Bengal. It includes block printed products and also batik dyed products having smooth and glazing surface.
The wide variety of these leather goods is famous due to its applicability of batik, appliqué, stencil, modelling, poker, embossed relief work etc. The ornamental / artistic decoration by painting is handcrafted by touch dyeing or batik dyeing. The decoration of the products conforms to Santiniketani tradition.
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Santinikatani style refer to the artistic style initiated by Rabindranath Tagore in 1932 as rural construction and developed as an integral part of Rabindranath Tagore’s Sriniketan experiment of Rural Reconstruction development programme of Visva Bharati University.
The basic trainings were imparted by the Silpa Sadan to the rural folks in and around Santinikatan. That skill transcended from generation of these rural families. The edge corner of the products will be smooth and aesthetic. The accessories and fittings of the product are durable and good looking.
The products are made from vegetable tanned skin. Vegetable tanned leathers have a unique property of retaining embossed imprint permanently and turn its grain surface glossy if rubbed with smooth surface like glass or cotton pad etc. This type of leather can be dyed easily with natural dyes.
Unlike other manufacturers, Santiniketan Leather is made from selective animal skins of Sheep and Goat. They are shining, glossy and smooth dyed coloured products. There is no particular size of any type of Santiniketan Leather Goods products.
It has got unique property of retaining its embossed imprint permanently and turning its grain surface glossy if rubbed with glass / cotton. The products are given traditional Motif & Colours which make it unique. The products are colourful with embossed design or batik designs.
The products include a wide variety of items like wallet, pouch, handbag, coin purse, ornament box, pencil box, spectacle cover, shopping bag, ladies side bag, piggy bank, cushion cover, chapel and sandal upper / footwear and many more.
GI Tag Registration Date : 09 September 2008
GI Tag Number : 104
Certificate Number : 90
Geographical Area : West Bengal
Special Cover Release Date : 07 April 2022
Cancellation : Santiniketan 731 238
Type : GI Tag Cover
Cover Identification Number : WB/06/2022
A Sample of Santiniketan Leather Goods Product is pasted on the cover
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