shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndia

on the right bank of the Ganges, west of Lucknow

Farrukhabad

Name: Farrukhabad — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — the printer's town the river still feeds.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“A small Mughal-era city on the right bank of the Ganges in central Uttar Pradesh, founded in 1714 by Nawab Muhammad Khan Bangash. Farrukhabad is known across north India for two things: hand-block-printed cloth, dyed at home and dried on the riverbank, and zardozi gold-thread embroidery worked under low lamps in the old town. The river floods most years, recedes, and leaves the silt that feeds the potato fields the district is also known for.

from the studio

— bring it home

Farrukhabad, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Farrukhabad

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Farrukhabad is a city of roughly 280,000 in the Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on the right bank of the Ganges about 200 km west of Lucknow and 165 km south-east of New Delhi. Founded in 1714 by Nawab Muhammad Khan Bangash, a Pashtun chieftain in Mughal service, it served as the seat of a small successor state until British annexation in 1801. The district is one of India's largest potato-growing belts and a long-standing centre of hand-block textile printing and zardozi gold-thread embroidery.

— informed by Wikipedia

— the water

The Ganges runs along the city's eastern edge, where ghats step down to the river at Pancham Nath and at Sankisa Ghat. Annual monsoon floods, sharpest in August, deposit a fine silt that has fed the surrounding alluvial plain for centuries. The textile dyers depend on the river: cotton lengths are washed in mid-stream and pegged out to dry on the bank, the colour deepening as the cloth lifts dust on the way home. The potato fields draw irrigation from the same flood plain.

— informed by Wikipedia

— the visit

Reached by train from Kanpur in about three hours and from Lucknow in roughly five, with the Farrukhabad Junction line connecting onward to Delhi. The old town centres on the Jama Masjid built by Nawab Ahmad Khan Bangash in the 1740s, with the textile lanes of Chowk and Pakka Pul radiating from it. Most travellers come for the block-print workshops or the zardozi ateliers, both of which take walk-in visitors during daylight hours. Cooler season is November through February; April through June runs above 40°C.

— informed by Uttar Pradesh Tourism

— where

India · Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh

— position

27.3900° N · 79.5800° E

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

65 km SE

Kannauj

perfume city

165 km S

Kanpur

industrial city

150 km S

Bithoor

Ganges pilgrimage town

45 km W

Sankisa

Buddhist site

Farrukhabad

Kannauj

Kanpur

Bithoor

Sankisa

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Farrukhabad — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

In 1714, by Nawab Muhammad Khan Bangash, a Pashtun chieftain in Mughal service. The city was the seat of a small successor state until British annexation in 1801, after the Second Anglo-Maratha War.

In the Farrukhabad district of central Uttar Pradesh, India, on the right bank of the Ganges, about 200 km west of Lucknow and 165 km south-east of New Delhi.

Hand-block-printed cotton, zardozi gold-thread embroidery, and potatoes. The district is one of India's largest potato producers, and the textile crafts have been worked here for centuries.

Zardozi is gold and silver thread embroidery worked in raised relief, originally for Mughal court dress. Farrukhabad and nearby Lucknow are its two main north-Indian centres today.

A Pashtun military commander who entered Mughal service under Aurangzeb and was granted territory in the central Doab, where he founded Farrukhabad in 1714. He died in 1743.

Not heavily. Most visitors come for textile commerce, the block-printing workshops in Chowk and the zardozi ateliers in the old town, rather than for monuments.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The city anchors family memory across the north-Indian textile diaspora. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries that connection well, particularly for families now abroad.

River tones and warm earth read well with Indian-modern, Jewel-tone Maximalist, and curated-traveller interiors. Sits comfortably above a low chest or in a hallway lined with photographs.

Yes. Indian-modern and global-craft interiors have grown steadily in design coverage since 2023. A piece tied to a real textile town grounds the palette in working culture, not pastiche.

A single Large fits most consoles. Above a standard sofa, a 4-tile Mural. For a long wall, the 9-tile Mural reads as a window onto the river.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and humidity-tolerant, suitable for backsplashes, showers, and powder rooms. Keep the Glossy finish in drier rooms.

Soft microfibre cloth with plain water lifts dust and fingerprints. No chemical cleaners are needed; the colour lives in the ceramic surface and does not fade with washing.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is drawn in-house by Reid Wender. We do not license images. Each tile is hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee.

— if this one stayed with you