Would you like to lie back in the exotic-sounding Noorjehan Reclines? That's a chaise lounge in crimson acrylic with jali-work inspired by Akbar's tomb on its base. Or does Aurangzeb's Checkmate sound ...

Light filtered through a 17th-century white marble jali screen, and an intricate geometric pattern illuminated the floor. The jali screen, part of the Walters Art Museum’s “Pearls on a String: Artists ...

The 20th century in India began with an architectural project of imperial scale that heralded a remarkable revival of the millennia-old Indian tradition of working with stone. Emperor George V laid ...

Navina Najat Haidar discusses jali, carved screens that ornament Mughal buildings. In this annual SACHI (Society for Art and Cultural Heritage of India) event, Navina Najat Haidar will discuss jali, ...

Haidar is the chief curator of Islamic art at the MET in New York. Her new book, Jali: Lattice of Divine Light in Mughal Architecture (Mapin), explores the delicate beauty than 200 jalis across India.

A jali is a perforated stone or latticed screen decorated with ornamental patterns of calligraphy and geometry. In many parts of India, western Asia and the Mediterranean where the sun shines bright ...

Art historian Navina Najat Haidar speaks to us about her new book Jali: Lattice of Divine Light in Mughal Architecture (Mapin, 2023). She is the Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah Curator in Charge of ...

Foreword / Hussa Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah -- Preface -- Introduction -- Temple jali traditions / George Michell -- Sacred symbols: jalis of the Gujarat Sultanate -- Celestial geometry: jalis of the ...

Anupamaa Dayal’s collection truly lived up to the essence of its title ‘Shalimaar’, as the designer showcased her signature floral designs with a lot of colour at the ongoing fashion extravaganza in ...

A PART of the jali or railing in front of the tombs of three Mughal emperors, as well as Bahadur Shah Zafar’s empty tomb, at Zafar Mahal in Delhi’s southern Mehrauli village has been vandalised, ...