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| birth_place = Delhi,
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| occupation = Textile designer
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Jameel Prize
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'''Rahul Jain''' is an Indian [[textile designer]], art historian and author.<ref name="V&A Channel">{{cite web | url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/channel/things/textiles/rahul_jain_jameel_prize_3/ | title=V&A Channel | publisher=V&A Channel | date=2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> Born in Delhi in 1963,<ref name="Chicago Art Institute">{{cite web | url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Jain,+Rahul | title=Chicago Art Institute | publisher=Chicago Art Institute | date=2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> he founded ''ASHA'', a textile workshop engaged in promoting the traditional Indo-Iranian [[Weaving (knitting)|weaving techniques]] in [[Varanasi]] in 1993 and is reportedly contributing to the revival of the dying art form of [[silk weaving]] on traditional Indian [[drawloom]]s.<ref name="Vimeo">{{cite web | url=https://vimeo.com/71081193 | title=Vimeo | publisher=Vimeo | date=2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> He employs silver and gold threads on pure Indian, Iranian, and Turkish silk and his motifs are known to be [[Mughal art|Mughal]], [[Safavid art|Safavid]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] inspired.<ref name="V&A Channel" />

Jain has authored a book on textile art, ''Rapture - The Art of Indian Textiles'', which describes the history of Indian textile art for 500 years.<ref name="Rapture - The Art of Indian Textiles">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-The-Art-Indian-Textiles/dp/8189738801 | title=Rapture - The Art of Indian Textiles | publisher=Niyogi Books | author=Rahul Jain | year=2011 | pages=244 | isbn=978-8189738808}}</ref> He has also published two more books, ''Mughal Patkas Ashavali Saria and Indo-Ground Fragments in the Collections of the Calico Museum of Textiles and the Sarabhai Foundation'', a book on the historical techniques used in textile weaving<ref name="Mughal Patkas Ashavali Saria and Indo-Ground Fragments in the Collections of the Calico Museum of Textiles and the Sarabhai Foundation">{{cite book | title=Mughal Patkas Ashavali Saria and Indo-Ground Fragments in the Collections of the Calico Museum of Textiles and the Sarabhai Foundation | publisher=Sarabhai Foundation | author=Rahul Jain | isbn=978-8186980408}}</ref> and ''Handcrafted Indian Textiles: Tradition and Beyond'', a book on design, techniques and aesthetics.<ref name="Handcrafted Indian Textiles: Tradition and Beyond">{{cite book | url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/handcrafted-indian-textiles-martand-singh/1115110866?ean=9788174360847 | title=Handcrafted Indian Textiles: Tradition and Beyond | publisher=Roli Books | editor=Martand Singh | others=Rahul Jain (Text), Rta Kapur Chishti (Text) | pages=156 | isbn=9788174360847}}</ref>

Jain was shortlisted for the Jameel Prize III,<ref name="Jameel Prize">{{cite web | url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/exhibition-jameel-prize/jameel-prize-3/ | title=Jameel Prize | publisher=VAM | date=2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> an international award for contemporary Islamic art.<ref name="Jameel Prize III">{{cite web | url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/exhibition-jameel-prize/ | title=Jameel Prize III | publisher=Jameel Prize III | date=2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6VrWjEuo3?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
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==See also==
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* [[Mughal art]]
* [[Safavid art]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-The-Art-Indian-Textiles/dp/8189738801 | title=Rapture - The Art of Indian Textiles | publisher=Niyogi Books | author=Rahul Jain | year=2011 | pages=244 | isbn=978-8189738808}}
* {{cite book | title=Mughal Patkas Ashavali Saria and Indo-Ground Fragments in the Collections of the Calico Museum of Textiles and the Sarabhai Foundation | publisher=Sarabhai Foundation | author=Rahul Jain | isbn=978-8186980408}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/handcrafted-indian-textiles-martand-singh/1115110866?ean=9788174360847 | title=Handcrafted Indian Textiles: Tradition and Beyond | publisher=Roli Books | editor=Martand Singh | others=Rahul Jain (Text), Rta Kapur Chishti (Text) | pages=156 | isbn=9788174360847}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Jain,+Rahul | title=Chicago Art Institute | publisher=Chicago Art Institute | date=2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}

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