Wender·Vista
Jaipur
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndia
in Rajasthan, on the eastern edge of the Thar Desert

Jaipur

— a city ordered to be one colour.

— 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
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— 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

“The capital of Rajasthan, founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II and laid out on a nine-square grid. In 1876 the old city was painted pink to welcome the Prince of Wales, and the colour was kept by ordinance. The Hawa Mahal's five-storey lattice rises over the bazaar. Amer Fort and the Jal Mahal sit beyond the gates. Block printers, blue potters, and silver smiths still work in the same lanes.

from the studio
Jaipur
— bring it home

Jaipur, 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 Jaipur

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

Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and the largest city of north-western India, with a metropolitan population of around four million. It was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II and is one of the earliest planned cities of the subcontinent, laid out on a nine-square grid based on the principles of vastu shastra. The walled old city was painted pink in 1876 to welcome the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, and a city ordinance kept the colour.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the colour

The pink is a particular ochre-rose, made traditionally from terracotta lime wash, repainted on the old city's walls and the building façades along its long bazaars. UNESCO inscribed the walled city as a World Heritage Site in 2019, citing the planning grid and the painted streetscape as a singular survival. The colour shifts through the day from pale rose at noon to a deep umber-red at sunset against the desert sky. New construction inside the walls follows the same palette.

— the visit

Jaipur sits at the head of the Golden Triangle of Indian tourism, with Delhi 270 kilometres to the north and Agra 240 kilometres to the east. Inside the walled city, the City Palace complex, the Jantar Mantar astronomical observatory completed in 1734, and the Hawa Mahal with its 953 stone lattice windows can be walked in a long day. Amer Fort sits eleven kilometres north on a ridge above Maota Lake. The cool months from November through February are the time to come.

— where
India · Jaipur, Rajasthan
— elevation
431 m · 1,414 ft
— position
26.9124° N · 75.7873° 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.
11 km N
Amer Fort
hilltop fort
6 km N
Jal Mahal
water palace
7 km N
Nahargarh Fort
hilltop fort
10 km E
Galtaji
temple complex
N
Jaipur
Amer Fort
Jal Mahal
Nahargarh Fort
Galtaji
— common questions

What people ask.

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

The walled old city was painted pink in 1876 to welcome the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. A city ordinance later required the colour to be kept, and façades inside the walls are repainted to match.

In 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who moved his capital from the older fort of Amer in the hills to a new planned city on the plain, laid out on a nine-square grid.

A five-storey palace façade in the old city, completed in 1799, with 953 small stone lattice windows. It was built to let royal women observe street life and festivals from inside without being seen.

November through February, when daytime highs sit in the seventies Fahrenheit and the evenings are cool. April through June are very hot, often above 100°F. July through September is monsoon season.

About 270 kilometres south-west of Delhi, roughly five hours by road or four-and-a-half hours on the Vande Bharat express train. Jaipur, Delhi, and Agra form the Golden Triangle of north Indian tourism.

— about the piece in your home

It has worked well as a gift for Rajasthani families and for travellers who took the Golden Triangle route. The piece reads as Jaipur itself (pink walls, lattice windows) rather than India in general.

Jewel-tone maximalist, warm minimalist, and global-modern rooms. The rose, ochre, and indigo palette sits well with brass, teak, and block-printed textile, and reads richly against a deep green or pale plaster wall.

A single Large is the common choice above a standard sofa. For a longer console or wider wall a 4-tile Mural reads well. The 9-tile Mural is the statement piece in a larger room.

Yes. Choose the Dura Satin or Matte finish, both scratch-resistant and made for vertical installation in a humid room. The Glossy finish is for framed wall art rather than splashed surfaces.

A microfibre cloth and warm water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and rests beneath a thin finish, so it does not lift with regular cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is created in-house under Reid Wender's eye and hand-finished in our Knoxville studio. There is no licensing and no third-party art.

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