Kamakshi Rathore and her spouse have been renting this two-bedroom apartment in Hyderabad, India, for four years. "I share this apartment with my husband, and we have been together for 20 years now.

"Indian textile designs express dazzling inventiveness and creativity, from the woven silks of royalty to the simple block-printed patterns. This authoritative sourcebook overflows with colour and ...

Textiles designer Brigitte Singh lovingly lays out a piece of cloth embossed with a red poppy plant she says was probably designed for emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, four centuries ago.

Brinda Dudhat, the founder of Morii Design in India, creates modern motifs supported by age-old techniques. By Sarah Archer This article is part of our Design special section about the reverence for ...

The French-Indian block-printing textile designer Brigitte Singh carefully rolls out a piece of fabric adorned with bright red poppy flowers that probably belonged to Mughal emperor Shah Jahan from ...

It was Brigitte Singh's father-in-law, a major collector of Rajasthan miniatures, who gave her the Mughal-era poppy cloth connected to Shah Jahan. Textiles designer Brigitte Singh lovingly lays out a ...

"This is our tiny yet cozy living room filled with abundant natural light," Kamakshi begins. "We have a three-seater English roll arm sofa upholstered in handloom stripes that was custom-made and ...

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Textiles designer Brigitte Singh is trying to keep alive the Indian art of block printing that flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries - Copyright AFP Wakil KOHSAR ...