ava double face - framed porcelain

Stunning details of a fine handmade artefact on a unique Chinese vase.

Time doesn’t always disappear. Sometimes it simply hangs quietly on the wall.

Discovered in an old building somewhere in India, this remarkable wall is less a decoration than a family archive. Sepia photographs, faded portraits and architectural views sit in mismatched wooden frames, each preserving a fragment of another era. Together they tell the story of a country seen through generations of changing faces and changing times.

Behind them, an aged wallpaper carries delicate floral ornaments printed in warm tobacco, ochre and faded brown. The colours have softened over the decades, stained by humidity, sunlight and dust, giving the entire surface the quiet elegance of something that has never been restored because it never needed to be.

The photographs themselves evoke colonial India. Grand public buildings, wide ceremonial avenues, early family portraits and monumental architecture recall a period when British influence shaped cities, institutions and daily life. Yet what remains today is not politics, but memory. Personal moments slowly outlasting history itself.

When translated into textile, the composition retained that beautiful balance between order and imperfection. The warm vintage wallpaper became the foundation, while the rhythm of the picture frames introduced structure and quiet contrast. Soft sepias, faded creams, tobacco browns and time-worn textures came together in a print that feels like opening an old family album—one page at a time.