India’s stepwells encourage Shalini Misra’s rug assortment

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Each historic civilisation has made architectural contributions to the world, and alongside the Egyptian pyramids, Greek columns, and China’s nice wall, one in every of India’s most vital are the stepwells. These distinctive and complex constructions as soon as numbered of their 1000’s throughout India, and have now offered the inspiration for a brand new assortment of rugs designed by Shalini Misra (whose inside design prowess we’ve beforehand explored in a London household house) and produced by Cc-tapis (a model amongst our Greatest Surrealist Design winners within the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024).  

Designed to permit entry to water through a collection of cascading terraces – in order that it was inside attain irrespective of how excessive or low the extent – the stepwells turned the easy act of fetching water right into a vibrant public present. They have been lavishly ornamented, with niches and pavilions the place individuals may swim, bathe, carry out spiritual rituals, and benefit from the pure cooling impact of the saved physique of water. Right this moment, stepwells could be discovered scattered throughout India, some deserted, some nonetheless in use.

Stepwells Assortment by Shalini Misra for Cc-tapis

(Picture credit score: Courtesy Shalini Misra)

The Stepwells assortment is the primary unique product that Misra has designed for Curio, her proprietary digital platform providing a curated edit of handmade furnishings, lighting, equipment and artwork sourced from all over the world. The London-based designer established her inside design studio in 2000, and now operates from places of work in New York, Dubai and Delhi. 

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