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Tanjore Gold Relief Paintings

Gold relief for spaces with presence

Every Tri-Lotus Chithiram Tanjore work is individually shaped and made to order for its setting. Raised relief is combined with genuine 22K or 24K gold, coloured glass, precious and semi-precious stones. The scale, palette, subject, and ornament are composed for the chosen direction.

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The Dancer’s Arch — The Gilded Chithiram Collection
The Dancer’s Arch
The Gilded Chithiram Collection

Materials in Detail

Relief, gold, colour, and ornament in close conversation

Each made-to-order painting brings its materials together around the subject, scale, atmosphere, and richness selected for the space.

Gold relief, painted colour and ornament in the Lotus Tree of Abundance
Details come together as one composition.

Raised Relief

Measured layers give jewellery, garments, borders, foliage, and architecture their sculpted presence.

Genuine Gold

Genuine 22K or 24K gold gathers light across the relief and deepens the ornamental detail.

Stones, Crystals and Glass

Precious and semi-precious stones, crystals and coloured glass bring jewel-like points of colour.

Painted Colour and Framing

Hand-painted colour and the selected frame complete the work as one composed heirloom presence.

Light, Raised by Hand

The Thanjavur tradition emerged from South India’s temple culture, where devotional images were given distinctive radiance through raised work, gold, rich pigments, precious and semi-precious stones, and gem-like glass or ornament on prepared wooden panels. Its splendour comes from the discipline of many hand-worked layers.

Tri-Lotus chooses each composition for the clarity of its relief, balance, detail, and luminous presence. As light moves across the gold, the work gives a space a quiet sense of ceremony, creating a compelling focal point that carries the artistic language of Thanjavur into a contemporary interior.

Each painting begins with its setting, wall scale, viewing distance, subject, and desired rasa. The palette, relief, gold work, ornament, and frame are then shaped into a one-of-a-kind heirloom with a presence that belongs to that particular space.

Technical specifications

A planning reference

Technical specifications

Materials, scale, framing and care. Open the detail you need.

Composition & scaleOrientation, panel size and finished dimensions
Composition and orientation
Subject, visual focus, palette, relief density, ornament, and portrait or landscape orientation are composed around the intended wall and viewing distance.
Artwork size
Planning sizes include 8 × 10, 12 × 16, 18 × 24, 24 × 36, 36 × 48, and 48 × 60 inches. Larger sizes and formats are reviewed individually.
Panel size and framed dimensions
Panel sizes exclude the frame. Finished dimensions are worked out during the design discussion, once the frame, mount and glazing have been selected.
Construction & finishRelief, gold, precious and semi-precious stones, crystals and colour
Prepared foundation
Cloth and ground layers are selected to suit the panel size and technique, creating a stable foundation for relief, precious and semi-precious stones, crystals and colour.
Raised relief
Relief areas are built and dried in stages before gold and ornament are applied, giving borders, jewellery, garments, and architectural details their sculpted presence.
Gold work
Genuine 22K or 24K gold brings radiance and depth to the raised work, ornament, garments, jewellery, and architectural details.
Colour and ornament
Rich pigments, coloured glass, crystals, and precious and semi-precious stones are composed according to the chosen artistic concept.
Framing & displayGlazing, hanging and the intended setting
Frame and glazing
Frame wood is selected and checked for seasoning and pest condition. Glass or acrylic glazing and hanging hardware follow the painting size, finished weight, and destination.
Display and hanging
Final framed dimensions and weight guide wall anchors and hanging points. Display indoors, away from persistent damp, direct heat, and prolonged harsh sunlight.
Origin & careThe tradition and looking after the work
Origin and art form
A gold-relief panel painting tradition associated with Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, shaped through layered preparation, raised work, colour, gold, precious and semi-precious stones, and gem-like ornament.
Care
Dust the frame and glazing gently with a clean, dry, soft cloth. Keep water, sprays, solvents, and abrasive cleaners away from the painted and gilded surface.

Discover Your Tanjore Rasa

Discover your Tanjore Rasa

We borrow the idea of rasa, the felt essence an artwork awakens, as a playful way to explore the space, atmosphere, visual language, and richness that draw you in. Your result is an original atelier direction inspired by your choices.

Desired feeling
The setting
Visual language
Palette instinct
Presence
Surface richness

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Your Tanjore Rasa and space notes reach the Chithiram atelier for a personal review and considered follow-up.

Your answers and email are sent to chithiram@tri-lotus.com for evaluation and tailored suggestions.

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