Product Description: A thoughtful photographic journey into the fascinating city of Pondicherry - the former French colony in India.Captures the essence of how the East meets the West today, in Pondicherry.Pondicherry is an extended photo essay, which has as its main focus, the photographer's perception and visual interpretation of the city of Pondicherry...read more

Product Description:  The word “maharaja” – literally “great king” – conjures up a vision of splendor and magnificence:  ropes of pearls, huge diamonds, jeweled turbans, elaborately carved furniture, shimmering textiles in every imaginable color...read more

Product Description: The Indian princes of the British Raj lived lives of unparalleled opulence and luxury. Made for Maharajas returns readers to that resplendent era, presenting a selection of one-of-a-kind objects crafted to order by the outstanding European luxury goods manufacturers, fashion houses, and decorators of the late 19th and early 20th centuries...read more

Product Description: This sumptuous treasury-covering furniture and other luxury objets d'art from India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), and Nepal-focuses on highlights from the outstanding collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. With a lively text that will be indispensable to collectors, dealers, and scholars, and of considerable appeal to anyone with an interest in Indian culture, Luxury Goods from India contains specially commissioned color photographs of exquisite pieces, many of which are embellished with ivory or mother of pearl or inlaid with precious stones...read more

Product Description: Furniture from British India and Ceylon is divided into two sections. The introductory chapters provide contextual background and discuss subjects such as the British response to things Indian, the domestic interior and factors which shaped its appearance, and the sources of furniture...read more