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Stories of craft, place, and the beauty of the everyday
CRAFT STORIES · 14 June 2026
In the narrow bylanes of Chowk, Lucknow, a 400-year-old art form lives on — gold thread pulled through silk with a hooked needle, in the same motion as the craftsmen of the Mughal court.
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COLLECTION JOURNALS · 14 June 2026
A journey through the gardens, palaces, and embroidered silks that inspire House of Sissendi's flagship collection — a tribute to the refinement of Lucknow's nawabi era.
HOME STYLING · 14 June 2026
How to layer heritage textiles, brass accents, and hand-carved wood into a contemporary interior — without it feeling like a museum.
Across Indian textiles, architecture, and sacred art, the lotus has carried meaning for centuries. We trace the motif through House of Sissendi's collections.
JOURNAL · 10 July 2026
Long before Varanasi had a name that fit on a map, it had a name that fit a feeling. Hindu tradition holds that the city was first known not as a city at all, but as a forest — Anandavana, the Forest of Bliss. It is the name from which House of Sissendi's new collection of enamel platters takes both its title and its imagery.
JOURNAL · 11 July 2026
