But a long-forgotten cache of the paintings, legally imported at the time, now is being offered for sale. Photo by David Schilling, click on photo for an enlargement. These highly decorative works of art, hand-painted on sheer cotton fabric, are much prized by collectors and interior designers because they blend beautifully with both traditional and contemporary furnishings. The paintings usually depict Indian royalty in architectural settings surrounded by floral and geometric borders.
Paintings being offered for sale are of varying sizes and colors.
The example at left is 35 inches by 47 inches. Twenty years ago, one of the showrooms at the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center stocked the paintings to sell to interior designers. It seems he had been engaged in illegal pichhwai trade. Check out more Buckhead Revisited selections. All rights reserved.