From
the Publisher
The art of enamelling on
metal is successfully practiced in many parts of India, but it
is universally acknowledged that the best work on gold is
produced at Jeypore, in Rajputana. The colours employed rival
the tints of the rainbow in purity and brilliancy, and they
are laid on the gold by the Jeypore artists with such
exquisite taste that there is never a want of harmony; even
when jewels are also used they serve but to enhance the beauty
of the enamel.
All who see the gold enamel
work of Jeypore admire the beautiful designs in which it is
carried out. It is with the view of placing some of these
designs on record, and affording everyone the opportunity of
seeing them, that this collection has been made.
The book is peerless for its
illustrations and includes twenty-eight full page colored
plates containing one hundred and twenty designs. The book
published first in 1886, is now a collector's item.
