India Benares

India Benares is known solely through documented artistic activity occurring in 1864. The artist’s established body of work consists exclusively of textiles, specifically five individual examples of the Kimkhwab Textile.

The entirety of India Benares’s known works are represented in major institutional collections, specifically held by the Art Institute of Chicago. The preservation of these museum-quality pieces provides verifiable primary material documenting nineteenth-century textile artistry.

As highly decorative woven goods, these works define the artist’s output. While biographical details are scarce, the record of five works, all titled Kimkhwab Textile, confirms India Benares’s technical proficiency. Today, many historical holdings, including images of the Kimkhwab Textile in institutional archives, are often classified as public domain, allowing for widespread access to high-quality prints and academic study of these historical textiles.