Coverlet

This coverlet is in the idiom of Sujani embroidery, a form of women's domestic stitch-work of Bihar. Because of the quilted background, the genre of Sujani invokes kantha embroidery of Bengal but the stitch work is at variance from the latter. In Bengal, the kantha motifs are embroidered in chatai stitch (running stitch), katya stitch (running stitch moving in swirls) and weave-stitch (textile pattern stitch), whereas in Sujani, the outline of motifs is generally done in herringbone stitch.
The Sujani depicts the theme of Krishna and gopis, his milkmaid companions. Hearing the spell-binding sound of Krishna's flute, the gopis are shown rushing towards him. Krishna is shown seated on the kadamba tree and the gopis are shown flocking around him.