Wender·Vista
Pune
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndia
on the Deccan Plateau, southeast of Mumbai

Pune

— the monsoon turning Peshwa stone green.

— 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

“Maharashtra's second city, set on the Deccan Plateau where the Mula and Mutha rivers meet. The old Peshwa capital still stands in basalt and laterite at Shaniwar Wada. East of the city, the Aga Khan Palace remembers Gandhi. In June the monsoon arrives off the Western Ghats, turns the hills around Sinhagad green, and the air smells like wet earth and night-blooming jasmine.

from the studio
Pune
— bring it home

Pune, 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 Pune

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

Pune sits on the Deccan Plateau in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, roughly 150 kilometres southeast of Mumbai, at an elevation of about 560 metres. The Mula and Mutha rivers meet at the city centre, joining as the Mula-Mutha. The city population is around 3.1 million and the metropolitan area over 7 million, the second-largest urban region in Maharashtra. Pune served as the seat of the Maratha Peshwas from 1730 to 1818, when the British East India Company took the city after the Battle of Khadki. It is widely called the Oxford of the East for its universities.

— the stone

Shaniwar Wada is the Peshwa palace-fort at the centre of old Pune, begun in 1730 by Bajirao I and completed in 1732. The walls, of black basalt and laterite faced with a stucco of lime and jaggery, enclosed a palace of seven storeys before a fire in 1828 reduced it to its stone footings and bastions. The Delhi Darwaza, the main gate facing north, still carries its iron-spiked timbers. About 12 kilometres west, the Sinhagad Fort holds a basalt ridge at 1,312 metres, taken by Tanaji Malusare in 1670 in a night assault.

— the season

Pune's year is shaped by the southwest monsoon. The rains arrive in the first or second week of June, when moist air off the Arabian Sea climbs the Western Ghats forty kilometres west and breaks over the Deccan, and they continue through September. Annual rainfall averages around 740 millimetres, most of it in those four months. The hill stations west of the city, Lonavala and Khandala, see more than double that. After the rains, the Sahyadri ridges around Sinhagad turn fully green, waterfalls run on the Mulshi side, and the dry-season dust is finally gone.

— where
India · Pune District, Maharashtra
— elevation
560 m · 1,837 ft
— position
18.5204° N · 73.8567° 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 NW
Lonavala
Sahyadri hill station
30 km SW
Sinhagad
Maratha hill fort
120 km SW
Mahabaleshwar
Western Ghats hill town
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Pune
Lonavala
Sinhagad
Mahabaleshwar
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Pune is known as the cultural capital of Maharashtra and the Oxford of the East for its universities. It holds the 18th-century Peshwa fort Shaniwar Wada and the Aga Khan Palace where Gandhi was interned.

Pune sits on the Deccan Plateau in western Maharashtra, about 150 kilometres southeast of Mumbai, at an elevation near 560 metres. The metropolitan area holds over seven million people.

The Peshwa palace-fort at the centre of old Pune, completed in 1732 in basalt and laterite. A fire in 1828 destroyed the upper palace; the walls, gates, and bastions still stand.

The southwest monsoon reaches Pune in the first or second week of June and runs through September. Annual rainfall averages around 740 millimetres, almost all of it in those four months.

A late-19th-century palace on the eastern edge of Pune, commissioned by Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan III in 1892. Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi were interned there from 1942 to 1944.

A hill fort on a 1,312-metre basalt ridge about 30 kilometres southwest of Pune, taken from the Mughals by Maratha commander Tanaji Malusare in a celebrated night assault in 1670.

— about the piece in your home

It's been a meaningful gift for many customers with Maharashtrian roots or Pune student years. The Peshwa stone and monsoon green read instantly to anyone who knows the city. A Small or Medium carries well.

The piece works in Indo-modern, Jewel-tone Maximalist, and warm Minimalist rooms. The basalt darks and monsoon greens sit comfortably beside teak, brass, and natural cotton. It also reads well over a reading bench.

Yes. The Peshwa palette and monsoon-ridge greens carry naturally beside teak furniture, brass lamps, and block-print textiles. A Large above a low console grounds the wall without competing with a printed rug.

For a standard sofa, a single Large or a 4-tile Mural holds the wall. Above a console, a Medium reads cleanly. Larger walls take a 9-tile Mural.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it holds up to steam and splash. Glossy is for dry rooms.

A microfiber cloth with water is all it needs. Avoid abrasive pads and bleach-based cleaners; the satin and matte finishes wipe clean and the colour lives in the surface, not on top.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. Reid Wender curates the atlas and the art is hand-finished in-house. No stock imagery, no licensing.

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