Jewelry designer <n>Joanne Burke</n> models her own creations. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Ornate architecture in Jaipur. Photo by <n>Garima Bhaskar</n>.

<n>Peaceful Paradise Wallpaper</n> from <n>Genie Art</n>, an illustration in the <n>Pichwai</n> painting style.

<n>The Requiem</n> (2023) by <n>Rithika Merchant</n> in gouache, watercolour and ink on paper.

A spread from a <n>Coventry City Matchday Programme</n> featuring <n>Geoff Strong</n>, designed by <n>John Elvin</n>.

Model <n>Isha Kaur Dhillon</n> wears jewelry by <n>MAALA LONDON</n> for <n>Khush Wedding</n>.

Painting by <n>Muhammad Zaman</n> from the <n>Khamsa of Nizami</n> depicting <n>Iskandar</n>, <n>Khizr</n>, and <n>Ilyas</n>.

<n>ColourPop Gold Member Super Shock Shadow</n>.

18th-century hand-painted walls in the drawing room of <n>Samode Haveli</n> in Jaipur, India.

A gold <n>Myrtle Sprig</n> from the Hellenistic period, found in a tomb in Aigai, Macedonia.

A <n>'Padlock' Handbag</n> designed by <n>Elsa Schiaparelli</n> in the 1940s.

<n>Mushroom Forest</n> by <n>Evangeline Gallagher</n>.

Illustration in support of <n>Heavy Bloom</n>, a unisex fragrance.

Poster for the <n>6th Contemporary Japanese Sculpture Exhibition</n> (1975) by graphic designer <n>Kiyoshi Awazu</n>.

<n>Pair of Earrings with a Disc and a Crescent-Shaped Pendant</n>, 330-300 BCE. From <n>The Hermitage Museum</n>.

<n>Le Simorgh et l'assemblée des oiseaux</n>, a 15th-c. miniature for <n>Farid ud-Din Attar</n>'s <n>The Conference of the Birds</n>.

<n>Mira</n> (2021) by artist <n>Rithika Merchant</n>.

The <n>Leheriya Gate</n>, representing spring, at the <n>City Palace</n> in Jaipur. Photo by <n>Elise Hassey</n>.

Illustration for <n>The Tsar of the Sea and Vasilísa the Wise</n> by <n>Ivan Bilibin</n>.

Digital illustration by <n>Lügat-i Osmânî</n>.

Interior of <n>Villa Palladio</n> in Jaipur, India.

Detail of a French <n>Court suit</n> from circa 1780, held at <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.

<n>Runway Silks Dark Blue Silk Charmeuse Fabric</n>.

<n>Victorian hair art</n> wreath crafted from human hair.

The <n>Tomb of Cem Sultan</n> in Bursa, Turkey, photographed by <n>Fulvio Roiter</n> in 1968.

<n>Tears of Joy</n> (2018), an acrylic on canvas painting by artist <n>Leila Rose Fanner</n>.

<n>Lest You Fall</n> (2019), a painting by artist <n>Naudline Pierre</n>.

17th century frescos inside the <n>Amber Palace</n> in Jaipur.