Chhat
The piece
Chhat is the ceiling. In a durbar hall the richest ornament was overhead: a plaster rose at the centre, holding the chandelier. Chhat lays that rose on the floor, carved in a single ivory: a lotus at the heart, then acanthus, a ring of beads, and palmettes with lotus buds at the rim. Shown as a rendering. Woven to order in Jaipur.
- Materials
- Hand-spun New Zealand wool with mulberry silk accents, cotton warp
- Dimensions
- Made to order in this shape, sized to your room. Shown at 9 ft (about 2.7 m)
- Density
- 6 to 14 knots per inch
- Lead Time
- 6 to 10 months on the loom
- Origin
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
