Furnishing with History

 

 

...ONLY, DOES NOT FLY YOU!

That’s right... It’s no Magic Carpet from the Arabian Nights, but this piece of matting certainly promises to add that distinctive allure to your home! Woven in 100% pure silk and natural colour, the carpet only becomes more gorgeous by the year! Designed in the mould of time honoured Mughal Gharana – a combination of Islamic-Persian style of carpet weaving – the carpet is aesthetically choc-a-block with bright floral print. For Rs 700,000, feel like a... er, ‘mogul’! DINING IN THE TAJ!

...not the hotel, but the real monument – that’s what a meal on this rare table would be like! Shajahan’s monument of love, a meticulous memento of passionate artistry, is reprised in this prized piece of furniture. Tagged at Rs 3,00,000, the table, made of pure marble and precious colourful rocks, has a leg like a pillar of the original and the board, an elaborate design of Taj Mahal’s floor. List Mughal dishes for dinner... FOR A BIT OF ‘NUR’...

Here’s also contribution to Indian chic by none other than Nur Jahan, wife of Emperor Jahangir. Considered a fine patron of culture and couture, Nur Jahan furthered a highly elaborate style of knitting 100% pure silk with threads derived from precious zari. Priced at Rs 9,000, drape yourself in the ‘nur’ (light) of bygone glory... ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE ‘VASE’...

... an Emperor madly in love with his begum. Not that the Taj Mahal itself wasn’t testimony enough to Mughal mush, here’s a marble vase – priced at Rs 2,70,000, no less – that depicts a moment of passion between Shahjahan & Mumtaz Mahal! The painted opulence dried over a period of days, so the colours stay longer, the Queen even smiles when the vase is filled with sand or water! Do keep her happy...