This 60,000-square-foot antique furniture store is Byculla’s best kept secret

In the leafy neighbourhood of Byculla, removed from the art deco stretches across South Mumbai, an unassuming bylane leads you into a pocket of the city suspended in time. Here, in a former cotton mill, The Great Eastern Home emerges as a cabinet of curiosities—filled with antiques, collectibles, period furniture pieces and artworks that span both centuries and geographies. Difficult as it may be for any collector to play favourites, Anurag Kanoria, The Great Eastern Home’s founder, says, “We have pieces from various periods—Baroque, Rococo, Art Nouveau, etc.—but the Art Deco period is special for us.”

Featuring oversized wooden knobs and bold carvings, this Burmese art deco dressing table embodies the region’s unique interpretation of the style.

The Great Eastern Home

Housed within its rarefied repository are art deco treasures from Europe, India, Myanmar and other parts of the Far East. Kanoria’s favourites include an extraordinary Burmese bed held up by sacred dragon structures and a Scandinavian art deco cabinet finished with an exotic burl wood veneer and inlaid with bone, brass and mother-of-pearl. Other highlights include a Burmese dressing table from the late 1800s, with a three-mirror panel shaped in the form of a simple petal detail, likely inspired by the sunburst motif.

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The Great Eastern Home