Grahan
The piece
Grahan is the Hindi word for an eclipse. A crescent of midnight indigo, a rim of silver silk where the light is about to come back, and a scatter of stars knotted into the dark. 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 8 ft (about 2.4 m)
- Density
- 6 to 14 knots per inch
- Lead Time
- 6 to 10 months on the loom
- Origin
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
