Krishna Riboud

Krishna Riboud
Born
Krishna Roy

(1926-10-12)12 October 1926
Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died27 June 2000(2000-06-27) (aged 73)
Paris, France
NationalityIndian
Alma materWellesley College
Spouse
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(m. 1949; died 1985)​
Parents
  • Rajendra Roy (father)
  • Ena Tagore Roy (mother)
FamilyTagore family

Krishna Riboud (née Roy; 12 October 1926 – 27 June 2000) was an Indian historian and art collector, specializing in Indian and Chinese antiquities and textiles.

Riboud began her textile collection in the 1950s, when she started purchasing Baluchari saris from Bengal,.[1] She was a member of the jury of the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.

  1. ^ "CREATING A COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BY COLLECTING TE XTILES: KRISHNÂ RIBOUD'S EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT" (PDF). Festival International des Textiles Extra Ordinaires. Retrieved 19 December 2016.[permanent dead link]