{"product_id":"made-for-maharajas","title":"Made for Maharajas","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis item is final sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 tabindex=\"0\" class=\"section-faq__title accordion__title  rq-hide-metafiled-emptytemplate--14756991336532__faq  is-open\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 tabindex=\"0\" class=\"section-faq__title accordion__title  rq-hide-metafiled-emptytemplate--14756991336532__faq  is-open\"\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section__body accordion__body\" data-accordion-body=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list-holder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list faq-list--1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list__item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list__item-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte faq-list__item-content faq-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"acc-product__panel acc-product__panel--description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndian royalty’s passion for western luxury goods reached its peak at the height of the British Raj (1857-1947) as Indian rulers traveled to Europe and began to model their lives along western lines. Commissioning architects to design palaces in modern or historic styles, purchasing fleets of cars, and ordering their family jewels to be reset by the most skilled European goldsmiths, Indian princes established themselves as the new creative patrons of European high design. Based equally in the archives of firms such as Louis Vuitton, Boucheron, Chaumet and Hermès, and in palaces and private collections, this book examines the role of maharajas in an age of high spending and fashion. It brings together original designs with surviving objects, and, for the first time, looks at the creative dialogue between Indian princes and the skilled tradesmen who satisfied their desires. Paired with the objects themselves are absorbing and often humourous accounts of how maharajas indulged their tastes with unparalleled extravagance and aplomb. Rich in anecdotes and visually splendid, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade for Maharajas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings alive the extraordinary lavish, varied and sometimes implausible works commissioned by princes whose wealth knew no bounds and whose eccentricities were legend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 tabindex=\"0\" class=\"section-faq__title accordion__title rq-hide-metafiled-emptytemplate--14756991336532__shipping is-open\"\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e10 in x 11.5 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 276 Pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e 500 color\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section__body accordion__body\" data-accordion-body=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list-holder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list faq-list--2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list__item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list__item-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte faq-list__item-content c99371e9-179f-4e9a-86b0-dd935219c39b\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 tabindex=\"0\" class=\"section-faq__title accordion__title rq-hide-metafiled-emptytemplate--14756991336532__about is-open\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section__body accordion__body\" data-accordion-body=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list-holder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list faq-list--1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list__item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq-list__item-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte faq-list__item-content 9dd3149e-85db-4ddc-87aa-e9281a3c4b32\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"acc-product__panel acc-product__panel--author\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"acc-product__panel acc-product__panel--author\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Amin Jaffer\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Curator of The Al Thani Collection. For thirteen years a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum and for ten years International Director of Asian Art at Christie's, Jaffer authored \u003cem\u003eFurniture from British India and Ceylon\u003c\/em\u003e (V\u0026amp;A, 2001), and \u003cem\u003eLuxury Goods from India\u003c\/em\u003e (V\u0026amp;A, 2002). Jaffer was co-curator of the V\u0026amp;A's blockbuster 2004 exhibition \u003cem\u003eEncounters: The meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500-1800\u003c\/em\u003e, which explored the artistic and cultural encounter between Europe and Asia following the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama in 1498 and \u003cem\u003eMaharaja: the Splendour of India's Royal Courts\u003c\/em\u003e, which opened at the V\u0026amp;A in 2009. He has edited \u003cem\u003eBeyond Extravagance: A Royal Collection of Gems and Jewels\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), co-curated the exhibition \u003cem\u003eFrom the Great Mughals to the Maharajas: Jewels from The Al Thani Collection\u003c\/em\u003e at the Grand Palais, Paris (2017) and curated the exhibition \u003cem\u003eTreasures of the Mughals and the Maharajas: The Al Thani Collection\u003c\/em\u003e at the Doge's Palace, Venice (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Roli Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48047127396646,"sku":null,"price":6300.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/1860\/8166\/files\/ScreenShot2024-04-01at8.10.14AM.png?v=1711973431","url":"https:\/\/shopvrsa.com\/en-in\/products\/made-for-maharajas","provider":"shopvrsa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}