NEW TITLE February 2012 ISBN: 978-81-920912-5-9 £25 FB Sales Agents for UK & Ireland, Europe, Africa Kodansha Europe Ltd. 40 Stockwell Street, Greenwich, London SE10 8EY, United Kingdom T: +44 (0)20 8293 0111 E: [email protected] www.kodansha.eu Title: £25 FB ISBN: 978-81-920912-5-9 BIC: AFWH WCV 1FKA Author: Krystyna Hellström Size: 267 x 216mm 203pp, 150 gsm art paper (matt) All colour Designing of quilts in India is a 2 illustrations unique combination of experience, 183 photographs traditional values and interests. Flexiback Quilts are fragments of history with stories to be documented Orders, Distribution & Invoicing: and preserved. PGUK [email protected] T: +44 (0)20 8804 0400 Jaipur, the famed Pink City of Rajasthan conjures up images of a bygone era in the mind’s eye. Of royalty and stories of gallantry and battlefield valour; of a desert landscape About the Author: poised against vivid shades of colour; of art and aesthetics Krystyna Hellström studied interior design and above all, its vibrant people. Built in AD 1727, the in Florence, Italy, and History of Art at splendour of its palaces and forts and the breathtaking Lund University, Sweden. Her thesis was array of its traditional crafts continue to attract tourists on Jaipur and Provencal quilts. and connoisseurs of history and art from all corners of the Krystyna worked with Swedish world. The Jaipur textile industry in Rajasthan has for long, Television and for Emilio Pucci in his inspired countless artists and designers to create exquisite fashion house in Florence, which was products of both beauty and utility. The Jaipuri razai is a one of the best places in the world to perfect example of this exclusive trend in its display of learn about exquisite textiles and original excellent traditional craftsmanship and aesthetic beauty as design. She has also written for interior well as its high utility value. design magazines. • This is the first book written on Jaipur Quilts • Author has chosen the most important “Old Quilters” in the city who were brought to Jaipur by the Maharaja about 250years ago. And are still there. • Author has also chosen the best of the modern producers of quilt who are working in Jaipur at present. • This book also contain the history of Quilting.