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Narad Ka Bagh, Amber , Off the Beaten Path
91-141-253 0229
Brigitte Singh’s hand-printed textiles are something of a legend; in fact, the red poppy print that launched her career is permanently on view at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Singh left her native France in 1980 to study miniature painting in Jaipur; she ended up falling in love with her mentor’s son and staying in Rajasthan. Her studio, near the Amber Fort, which is a bougainvillea-covered haveli is worth a visit, if only for the serenity and loveliness of the place. Visitors can see blockprinters at work, using carved wooden block to precisely transfer dyes onto cotton, and then go upstairs to purchase everything from tunics to bedlinens. (Note the stock varies widely; sometimes it is quite low.) Lucky visitors might spot Brigitte herself and get a chance to learn more about the process and even discuss how printing traditions in the south of France originate from India.
Written by Melissa Biggs Bradley