From Srinagar to Cochin, from Ladakh to Trivandrum, the elaborate use of colour, pattern and texture pervade India’s public and private style. In this lavishly illustrated book, Suzanne Slesin and Stafford Cliff reveal India’s exotic past along with the rich variety of its present.
Indian Style unfurls a huge variety of hidden treasure –
of ornament, furniture, decor and architecture – where bold colour palettes and traditional motifs blend with Victorian and modern elements. This is the India of fabled maharajas’ palaces. But the full range of dwellings and landscapes revealed is astonishing: homes with spectacular mountain views; town houses and havelis that combine Italianate and Indo-Saracenic influences; the temple-like rooms of a Brahmin family; a houseboat on a Kashmir lake; a Goan house that dates from the days of the China Trade; and the opulent palaces, many now luxury hotels.
With the flair and meticulous attention to detail that has made their approach to interpreting the stylistic traditions of the world unique, Suzanne Slesin and Stafford Cliff introduce an India that few visitors ever see.