Textiles And Garments At Royal Court Of Jaipur

by Jain, Rahul

• ISBN13: 9789385285042
• ISBN10: 9385285041
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-07-19
• Publisher: Niyogi Books

Summary

The textiles of the Kachhwaha Rajput maharajas of Amber-Jaipur were among the finest ever produced in India. This book offers tribute to that remarkable artistic and material legacy. While a few thousand historical pieces survive in the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum in the City Palace, Jaipur, many now reside in important art collections across the world. This book showcases nearly 150 of the most remarkable pieces among these, which date from the early 17th century to the early 20th century. These include some of India's earliest and finest kalamkaris as well as rare woven silks and velvets, most of which came from renowned Indian textile centres located across the subcontinent, as well as from Iran. The palace stores of Amber and Jaipur once housed not only the most spectacular royal tents of the period but also an impressive range of fine garments and accessories for the princes and other members of the royal household, many of which are showcased here for the first time. A lavishly illustrated survey of the entire Kachhwaha corpus, this book is the first comprehensive overview of the court textiles of any princely Indian state.

Author Biography

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 modeled 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; andHandcrafted Indian Textiles: Tradition and Beyond. A Jameel Prize 3 nominee, he received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2015.