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Textiles & Garments: At the Jaipur Court
by Rahul Jain
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AuthorRahul Jain
PublisherNiyogi Books Illustrated
SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive overview of the court textiles of the Kachhwaha Rajput court of Amber-Jaipur, which were among the finest ever produced in India. While a few thousand historical pieces survive in the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum in the City Palace, Jaipur, many now reside in art collections across the world. Over 200 full colour images showcase some of the most remarkable court textiles remaining in Jaipur and preserved elsewhere. This book is one in a series illustrating the collections of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace Jaipur. Others in the series are Festivals at the Jaipur Court by Vibhuti Sachdev, Arms and Armour at the Jaipur Court by Robert Elgood, and Painting & Photography at the Jaipur Court by Giles Tillotson and Mrinalini Venkateswaran and Textiles of Rajasthan at the Jaipur Court by Vandana Bhandari
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Binding: HardCover
About the author
Rahul Jain is a textile designer and historian who lives and works in New Delhi. He runs a workshop of traditional Indian drawlooms in Varanasi, which weave silk samite, lampas, and velvet textiles modelled on historical Indian, Iranian, and Ottoman silks. He has written and published extensively on historical and contemporary Indian textiles. His publications include Rapture: The Art of Indian Textiles, a survey of India’s finest historical textiles; studies of the woven silks of Sultanate and Mughal India; and Handcrafted Indian Textiles: Tradition and Beyond. A Jameel Prize 3 nominee, he received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2015.
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