Jantar Mantar

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.

Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur, completed around 1734. He commissioned five observatories across northern India; Jaipur's is the largest and best preserved, and the only one fully restored to working order.

It measures local solar time to within roughly two seconds, which made it the most precise sundial in the world at the time of construction. The shadow moves about one millimetre per second along the calibrated quadrant.

Time, declination, altitude, azimuth, and ecliptic coordinates of celestial bodies. The Jai Prakash bowls invert the sky for direct reading; the Ram Yantras track altitude and azimuth; the Rashivalaya tracks the twelve zodiacal positions.

UNESCO inscribed it in 2010 as the most comprehensive and best preserved set of monumental astronomical instruments from the pre-telescopic era, synthesising Hindu, Islamic, and European observational traditions in one site.

Not for working astronomy; modern telescopes long since superseded them. They remain in calibration for demonstration, and equinox and solstice events draw visitors who can read the instruments against the calendar.

The Delhi Jantar Mantar predates Jaipur by about a decade; smaller sites at Ujjain, Varanasi, and Mathura completed the network. Together they let Jai Singh cross-check observations across longitudes.

It travels well to astronomers, physicists, and architecture readers who know the site as a peak of pre-telescopic measurement. A Small for a desk or a Medium beside a bookshelf carries its weight without crowding.

The geometric subject and saturated colour sit in Minimalist Modern with one strong piece, in Library or Study rooms with deep wood, and in Indo-modern interiors that pair Rajasthani heritage with contemporary furniture.

Yes. Rajasthan-rooted artwork on contemporary surfaces is a strong current line in Indo-modern design — places like Jaipur and Jaisalmer are referenced often, and stained-glass treatments suit the colour palette of the city.

A single Large reads cleanly above a standard sofa. For longer walls, the 4-tile Mural carries the Samrat Yantra's diagonal across more space; the 9-tile Mural anchors an open living area.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so steam and splash do not affect it. The Glossy finish is for dry display walls.

Microfibre cloth with plain water. No abrasives, no ammonia-based cleaners. For Dura Satin and Matte in working rooms, an occasional wipe is enough; the surface does not stain.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is created in-house under Reid Wender's eye and produced in our Knoxville studio. We do not licence the art and we do not sell it through third parties.