Yantra Raj
The piece
Yantra Raj is the observatory's giant astrolabe: two great discs, marked in fine degrees. Here its plates are scattered over deep teal wool, as rings of gold silk with their scales and a single pointer laid across them. 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 any size. Shown at 8 × 10 ft (about 2.4 × 3 m)
- Density
- 6 to 14 knots per inch
- Lead Time
- 6 to 10 months on the loom
- Origin
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
