Gira Sarabhai

In the United States she went on to train with Frank Lloyd Wright at his Taliesin West Studio in Arizona from 1947 to 1951.

[2][3] Gira and her brother, Gautam Sarabhai worked together in Calico Mills, and also in several other architecture and design projects.

[4] In 1949, Sarabhai established, designed the building, and curated the Calico Museum of Textiles which houses a historic collection of Indian fabrics.

[7] Towards the later years of her career she started experimenting with traditional Indian forms, elements, and motifs for her contemporary work.

[9] They organized regular consultations at Sanskar Kendra Museum, with experts such as Dashrath Patel, James Prestini, and Vikram Sarabhai, to brainstorm on the academic model for the institute.

[11] In 1964, Gira Sarabhai invited George Nakashima to the institute, where he designed various furniture articles.

[13] Sarabhai invited several people from the Royal College of Art in London to serve as consultants for NID.

Gira Sarabhai, sitting, extreme right, along with her father Ambalal Sarabhai 3rd seat from the right, sister Gita Mayor sitting on the extreme left and their brother Vikram Sarabhai , seated, 4th from the left.
The Calico Museum of Textiles, as it appeared in its original location at the Calico Mills. (Annotated by Nathan Hughes Hamilton)