AT THE GREAT EASTERN HOME IN MUMBAI, RARE ART DECO FINDS FROM EUROPE, INDIA AND THE FAR EAST SIT ALONGSIDE PIECES FROM ITS NEW POST DECO RANGE.

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.

- TEXT: NURIYAH JOHAR

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.”