Sleeping partners

By Robert Elwall 2002-04-04T00:00:00

Source: RIBA Library Photographs Collection

A world away from traditional Indian architecture, Eckart Muthesius' astonishing palace for the Maharajah of Indore, built in the 1930s, provided a showcase for Europe's leading avant-garde designers.

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