An antique is defined as being over 100 years old. We don’t sell Indian antiques. But some of these items are old. And some aren’t. Some are upcycled - a mixture of old, possibly neglected, and new.
Silk Icat bedspreads made by a complex weaving process in which the weft or warp threads are resist dyed or tie dyed before the fabric is woven. In double Ikat both warp and weft threads are tie dyed.
Rocks the size of buses perch on the slopes over our heads; the road is covered in the smaller stones that roll down the hill. A thin path zigzags down from the track to a stone building by a curve in the stream far below.
The mountains on either side of the river valley are sharp edged, the ribbon waterfalls fall a thousand feet to shatter on to black rock and the hanging glaciers are brilliant in the bright sun.
Jodhpur is one of the old fortress towns of Rajasthan, the western state of India that borders Pakistan. It is a place of great beauty and many of the iconicand colourful images of India come from Rajasthan.