Back in 2021, Dior’s Creative Director, Maria Grazia Chiuri, collaborated with the Chanakya Atelier to reinterpret Madhvi and Manu Parekh’s paintings as hand-embroidered textile panels. Embroidered over the course of three months using both traditional Indian and couture techniques, these panels formed the backdrop for Dior’s spring-summer haute couture 2022 show at Musée Rodin in Paris. The tapestries travelled back to India last month, where they were on display at a special exhibition, Mūḷ Māthī, curated by the Asia Society India Centre at Snowball Studios in Mumbai.