{"title":"Tableware","description":"\u003cp\u003eElevate everyday dining with Brahm’s Kitchen Collection, where timeless craftsmanship meets functional design. Thoughtfully curated to bring beauty and utility to your table and home, this collection features handcrafted trays, bowls, jars, tea boxes, coasters, table placements, and trivets. Inspired by rich artistic traditions and contemporary living, each piece is designed to enhance daily rituals while adding warmth, character, and elegance to your spaces. Whether you're hosting guests or enjoying a quiet meal at home, the Brahm Kitchen Collection transforms ordinary moments into memorable experiences through exceptional craftsmanship and refined design.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"padmini-table-placements-in-wood-set-of-6","title":"Darbar Table Placements – In the Agra Carpet Tradition, Set of Six","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vocabulary of the Indian carpet — central medallion, layered floral borders, deep navy and red against a gold field — was never purely decorative. It was a register of cultural exchange: Persian form absorbed into a Mughal sensibility, refined over generations in the imperial workshops of Agra, where Akbar brought weavers from Herat in the sixteenth century to establish one of the subcontinent’s most enduring craft lineages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the following two centuries, the Agra tradition became recognisable by its palette and its composition. Deep crimson and indigo grounds. A dominant central medallion, lobed at the edges, radiating into dense arabesques. Borders that carried their own logic — cypress forms, flowering vines, geometric interlacing — giving the whole surface an architectural quality. Objects made in this vocabulary were designed to outlast occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ‘Darbar’ placements translate this language from loom to table. The medallion-and-border composition — maroon, navy, gold — is rendered onto wood, compressed to a dining surface, finished for daily use. The reference is unmistakable. The effect is quieter than the original: not a reproduction, but a reminder of a visual tradition that has always found its way into domestic life, and always belonged there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese placements are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour across a set are a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45191469105175,"sku":null,"price":176.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings.svg?v=1780655386"},{"product_id":"ambika-table-placements-in-wood-set-of-6","title":"Kanchan Table Placements – Ornament of Gold, Set of Six","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Indian domestic life, gold is rarely purely ornamental — it marks the threshold between ordinary and auspicious. Gold-embellished objects signal welcome: the gilded edge of a serving vessel, the gold-painted surface of the puja object brought out for ceremony, the tint that elevates a functional object into an act of hospitality. The tradition of gold-decorated woodware in North India — lacquered, brushed, applied — sits within a long inheritance of objects that understood the table as a site of ritual as much as function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ‘Kanchan’ placements carry that language forward. The gold tints and rich colour palette are not decoration for their own sake — they are the residue of a cultural convention in which the objects surrounding food and gathering were expressions of welcome and care. To set a table with these placements is to continue, in small and daily form, a tradition that has always understood beauty as a form of hospitality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese placements are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour across a set are a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45191469137943,"sku":null,"price":176.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/Karo_Listings_2.svg?v=1780655477"},{"product_id":"paarijat-trivets-in-wood-set-of-2","title":"Sephalika Trivets – The Celestial Flower at Table, Set of Two","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Indian mythology, the parijata (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) does not belong to this world. The night-jasmine was said to have its origins in Indra’s heaven, brought to earth during the churning of the cosmic ocean. Each evening its blossoms open; by morning they have fallen — a cycle so precise it became associated with devotion, with the ephemeral, with the sacred moment between dusk and dawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flower appears in Mughal botanical illustration with notable fidelity — catalogued in the margins of court manuscripts, depicted in the natural-world surveys that Mughal emperors commissioned. It appears in temple courtyards across the subcontinent, used in morning offerings, its fragrance marking a particular quality of Indian evening air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ‘Sephalika’ trivets translate this botanical vocabulary onto a domestic surface — a small carrier of a very old motif. Each piece is individually handcrafted; the pattern holds the flower’s detail in condensed, daily form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese trivets are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour across a set are a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45191469170711,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_4.svg?v=1780655643"},{"product_id":"paarijat-table-placements-in-wood-set-of-6","title":"Harshingar Table Placements – The Celestial Flower at Table, Set of Six","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Indian mythology, the parijata (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) does not belong to this world. The night-jasmine was said to have its origins in Indra’s heaven, brought to earth during the churning of the cosmic ocean. Each evening its blossoms open; by morning they have fallen — a cycle so precise it became associated with devotion, with the ephemeral, with the sacred moment between dusk and dawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flower appears in Mughal botanical illustration with notable fidelity — catalogued in the margins of court manuscripts, depicted in the natural-world surveys that Mughal emperors commissioned. It appears in temple courtyards across the subcontinent, used in morning offerings, its fragrance marking a particular quality of Indian evening air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ‘Harshingar’ placements carry this botanical vocabulary to the dining table. Set of six, each piece individually handcrafted — the motif condensed to a daily surface, the ancient flower brought into the rhythm of the ordinary meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese placements are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour across a set are a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45191469334551,"sku":null,"price":176.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_6.svg?v=1780655735"},{"product_id":"papiha-trivets-in-wood-rust-green-set-of-2","title":"Chatak Trivets – In the Colours of the Monsoon, Set of Two","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chatak — the bird said in Indian poetic tradition to drink only rainwater falling directly from clouds, never from the ground — became one of the subcontinent’s most resonant emblems of longing. In classical Sanskrit and Braj literature, the chataka waits with open beak for the monsoon, accepting nothing less than rain from the sky itself: an image of absolute devotion, of waiting, of the particular quality of desire that will not be satisfied by substitutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rust and green of these trivets hold that register: the warm ochre of dry earth before the rains, the deep green of what follows. It is a palette specific to season, to a particular quality of light in the weeks before the monsoon breaks — one that carries more cultural weight than the decoration alone might suggest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese trivets are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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In the courts of Awadh, tehzeeb named the entire edifice of considered conduct: the way one spoke, received guests, arranged a room, set a table. It was not ornament for its own sake but the visible expression of an interior state — attentiveness made outward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface of the dining spread was part of that language. The placement of objects — the textures beneath serving vessels, the visual rhythm of the table — drew on Persian, Mughal, and regional Indian conventions simultaneously. The ‘Tehzeeb’ placements are a contemporary echo of that tradition: an opulent design language compressed to the dining table, where beauty and care meet in daily form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese placements are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Where tehzeeb names the cultural system of refinement, nafasat describes its presence in individual objects and gestures: the finish on a piece of woodwork, the precision of a pattern, the care visible in something small. In the courts of Awadh, nafasat was the mark of genuine cultivation, not merely of expenditure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ‘Nafasat’ trivets carry that sensibility to the table: an ornate surface placed beneath the food, making beauty a quiet part of the act of serving. Set beneath a serving dish or a pot, they bring the same quality of considered detail to the everyday meal that Nawabi craft brought to every object it touched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese trivets are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Across the Indian subcontinent, large leaves served as the original plates, trays, and dining surfaces: the banana leaf across South and coastal India; the lotus leaf in sacred contexts; the sal and palash leaves stitched into patravali in the north; the mango leaf strung across thresholds for auspicious occasions. The leaf form is among the oldest domestic objects in the subcontinent’s material culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ‘Palash’ placements take their name from Butea monosperma — the flame-of-the-forest, whose trifoliate leaves are the original material of the patravali. The design returns this vocabulary to the table: the leaf of the palash tree rendered on wood, the botanical motif brought back to the surface it originally occupied. Set of six.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese placements are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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In Indian craft tradition, the kairi’s distinctive teardrop outline is the original source of the boteh: the motif that travelled westward through Kashmiri shawl weaving and Persian textile trade routes to become the paisley, one of the most widely reproduced decorative forms in the world. The shape began here, on the branch, in the mango grove.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mango tree (Mangifera indica) is one of the most deeply embedded presences in Indian material and spiritual life — its leaves used to mark auspicious doorways, its fruit depicted in Mughal miniatures and temple carvings, its form reproduced in textiles across centuries. The ‘Kairi’ placements carry this inheritance: a warm, composed design on a beige ground — the richness of a tradition that has always connected the objects around food with something larger than hunger. Set of six, each piece handcrafted individually.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese placements are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Made traditionally from the dried flowers of the palash (Butea monosperma), its name derives from the Persian gul: flower. The colour and the flower share the same root.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ‘Gulal’ trivets carry that vocabulary onto the table: a multicolour surface that holds several tones simultaneously, the way a Holi gathering does. Set beneath a serving dish or a steaming pot, they bring the same quality of joyful, considered colour to the everyday meal — not ceremonially, but as part of the habit of living well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese trivets are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each coaster is individually cut in wood, its surface screen or digitally printed with a geometric ornamental pattern and sealed under a resin or lacquer finish. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's older painted and lacquered woodwork traditions is adapted to contemporary domestic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Sindhu draws from the geometric ornamental vocabulary of the Indian decorative tradition — the angular, ordered pattern that appears across centuries of Indian art, from the terracotta medallion borders of early Indian decorative objects to the lattice geometry of Mughal jali-work and the repeat units of North Indian block-printed textiles. The gilt edge frames the geometric field on each coaster, holding the ornament within a clean perimeter. 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Bela — the jasmine — names the domestic counterpart to this extravagance: the small, white, intensely fragrant flower of the household threshold, threaded into garlands for daily offering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes these decorative coasters suited to everyday use. The set of six handmade coasters is supplied in a matching printed storage box. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese coasters are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each coaster is individually cut in wood, its surface printed with a garden ornamental pattern and sealed under lacquer. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork traditions to contemporary domestic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Nigar draws from the tradition of Rajasthani haveli mural painting — specifically the garden vocabularies of the Shekhawati painted mansions, where flowers, birds, and garden forms were arranged in dense, bold-ground murals across the painted interiors of merchant houses in Nawalgarh, Mandawa, and Fatehpur. The chinar bagh — the garden of chinar trees (Platanus orientalis) — references the Kashmiri and Mughal garden tradition where the chinar, planted in formal rows beside water channels, became the emblem of the ordered pleasure garden. 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Each coaster is individually cut in textured wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern and sealed under lacquer or resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork to contemporary domestic forms through screen and digital print techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Sarang carries a variegated multicolour ornamental vocabulary — the many-coloured quality that the name itself describes. Sarang in Sanskrit names the simultaneously multicoloured thing: the spotted deer, the dappled light of a forest interior, the afternoon raga that holds multiple melodic modes at once. The gold edge frames the varied surface on each coaster, holding the ornament within a perimeter so the visual complexity is contained. 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Each coaster is individually cut in wood and printed with a botanical leaf pattern, then set with a small resin bee. The printed woodware tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh; the resin inlay process — through which a three-dimensional form is sealed permanently into the surface of the object — extends this tradition by adding tactile depth and permanence to the decorative element.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface of each Madhu coaster holds two elements: the botanical leaf print on the wood base and the resin bee raised slightly above it. The bee (madhupa in Sanskrit — 'the honey-drinker') is a recurring figure in Indian botanical illustration and poetry: the emblem of the garden at its most alive, of spring in full bloom, of the relationship between flower and insect that the Sanskrit poets made central to their descriptions of the natural world. Each coaster in the set carries a slightly different leaf arrangement; the bee accent is consistent across all six, a small constant within a varied botanical field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof resin finish makes these handmade coasters suited to everyday use. The set of six is supplied in a matching storage box. Each piece is individually handcrafted; variations in the resin surface and leaf arrangement between pieces are expected and natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese coasters are handcrafted in wood and resin. 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The technique is screen or digitally-applied printing on a prepared wood surface, sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork traditions to contemporary domestic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Gulnar draws from the floral ornamental vocabulary of the North Indian decorative tradition — the flower-and-vine compositions that appear in Mughal stone inlay work, block-printed textiles, and the painted borders of court manuscripts. The black and gold palette grounds the floral forms in a register of formal elegance: the warm gold against the dark outline, the ornament reading both at close range and from across the room. The oval form itself is characteristic of the serving tradition — the elongated tray that accommodates a row of objects rather than a single centrepiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative wooden serving tray suited to everyday use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces as a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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The technique is screen or digitally-applied printing on a prepared wood surface, sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, adapting the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork to contemporary domestic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Kundan draws from the vocabulary of Indian ornamental jewellery — the faceted gem, the kundan setting, the radial form of stonework that organises the surface of India's finest jewelled objects. Kundan in Hindi names the refined gold used in traditional jewellery-making — the 24-carat gold that forms the setting base for kundan jewellery, in which gems are embedded directly into the gold rather than held in claws. The jewel-motif print on this oval serving tray translates that dense, ordered ornamental sensibility to a daily surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative serving tray suited to everyday use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork to contemporary domestic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rust-gold palette of Zarrin belongs to a long tradition of Indian decorated objects in which aged gold and warm earth tones — the colour of old copper, of sindoor, of turmeric, of the evening sky — carry the weight of ceremonial and daily life simultaneously. The patinated, vintage quality of this palette places the platter in a register of objects that are understood as having been used and valued over time. Zarrin in Persian names the quality of being golden — not the brightness of new gold but the deep, warm presence of gold that has acquired character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative wooden platter suited to everyday serving use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each platter is individually cut in wood, its surface printed with a classical ornamental pattern and sealed under lacquer. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, adapting the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork to contemporary domestic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface vocabulary of Chaman draws from the classical ornamental tradition — the repeating compositional forms that appear across the decorative arts of North India. Chaman in Persian names the garden: not merely a physical garden but the garden as a state of abundance and beauty, the space where multiple forms of natural beauty coincide. The multicolour print on this decorative wooden platter holds the garden's quality of visual abundance — multiple ornamental forms working together on a single surface, none dominating, the composition balanced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative wooden platter suited to everyday use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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The technique combines a metal base with a painted or lacquered surface print, sealed to produce a waterproof, durable finish. North Indian metalware centres — particularly Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, which has been a centre of metal craft production since the Mughal period — have long combined the skills of the metal worker with the decorative vocabulary of the painter and printer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painted surface on Zeenat draws from the ornamental tradition of North Indian decorative art — the multicolour print vocabulary that characterises the decorated objects made for daily domestic and ceremonial use. Zeenat in Arabic and Urdu names adornment itself: the quality of beauty applied to something, the decoration that makes an object more than merely functional. 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The tradition is rooted in the metalware workshops of Uttar Pradesh, particularly the long-established craft centres of Moradabad and surrounding areas, where metal has been worked and decorated for domestic and ceremonial use since the Mughal period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jewel-motif surface on Jauhar draws from the vocabulary of Indian ornamental jewellery — the faceted gem, the kundan setting, the geometric forms of the jeweller's art translated to a flat decorative surface. Jauhar in Persian and Urdu names the inner quality of precious things — the jewel itself, but also the essential excellence of any fine object, its underlying worth that manifests in surface quality. 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The dark wood ground is left natural, the surface presenting the grain and warmth of the material without print or paint. The metal handles are cast and fitted, adding a functional and visual accent to the wooden form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike the printed woodware pieces in the Brahm collection — whose surfaces carry ornament in the tradition of lacquered and decorated domestic objects — Vanya belongs to a different register of craft: the turned wood form, valued for its material quality, its weight in the hand, its natural variation. The dark brown finish deepens with use, the wood acquiring character over time. Vanya in Sanskrit names the quality of being forest-born, of the wild — the material that comes from the tree rather than from the workshop's ornamental vocabulary. 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The wood body is surface-printed with a floral pattern and sealed under lacquer; the cast metal peacock figure is fitted to the lid, forming the finial of each jar. Stone elements complete the material composition. The tradition comes from workshops in Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh, where multiple craft skills — printing, metal casting, stone setting — combine in single objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface ornament on Taus combines two motifs from the Persian-Mughal decorative vocabulary: the cypress tree (sarv in Persian — the tall, narrow tree that stands at the centre of Mughal garden design, its form emblematic of immortality and upright dignity) and the flowering vine tradition of Indian decorative art. The peacock figure that tops each jar draws from the Indian iconographic tradition in which the peacock is the emblem of divine playfulness and natural beauty — the bird worn by Krishna in his crown, the subject of temple carvings from Belur to Khajuraho. 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The platter and bowl are turned or shaped in natural-finish wood without applied surface print, the material presenting itself directly. The cast bronze feet are fitted to the platter's underside, raising it from the table surface — a detail that moves the piece from purely functional to considered object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKund in Sanskrit names the bowl-shaped vessel, the sacred tank or pool — the form that holds rather than displays, the vessel associated with water, with offering, with the daily acts of nourishment and collection. In temple architecture, the kund is the stepped tank at the heart of the sacred complex — the water body around which ritual life organises. At domestic scale, the kund is the vessel of daily use: the bowl for storing, serving, offering. 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The wood body is surface-printed on an antique gold ground and sealed under lacquer; the cast metal figure is fitted to the lid. The tradition comes from workshops in Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh, where the skills of the print workshop, the metal caster, and the stone setter combine in single objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface ornament on Sarv is organised around the cypress tree — the sarv of Persian garden poetry, the tall, straight, evergreen form that stands at the centre of the Mughal chahar bagh and the Persian garden composition. The cypress appears across Mughal carpet design, miniature painting, architectural decoration, and embroidery: always the same form — a vertical axis of dark green, the still point in the garden's flourishing. 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The tradition comes from workshops in Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh where multiple craft skills combine in single objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface ornament on Anjum combines the cypress tree and floral vocabulary of the Persian-Mughal decorative tradition — the same ornamental language that organises the surface of Mughal carpet borders, illuminated manuscript margins, and the painted grounds of court objects. The cast metal figure that tops the jar references the mythology of the garden at its most animated: the figure presiding over the ornamental surface below. Anjum in Arabic names a gathering of stars — the plural of najm, a single star — suggesting the quality of multiple luminous points arranged in a composed field, the way the ornamental vocabulary of the jar arranges its motifs across the tall wooden form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface suits display use. Not airtight. 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The wood body carries a floral surface print on an antique gold ground, sealed under lacquer; the cast metal figure caps the lid. The tradition comes from workshops in Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh where multiple craft skills combine in single objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface ornament on Champa draws from the floral vocabulary of Indian ornamental tradition — the dense, warm-ground flower forms that appear in the painted interiors of Rajasthani havelis, in Mughal manuscript borders, and in the surface decoration of lacquered court objects. The antique gold ground gives the floral motifs a quality of aged warmth — the colour of old gold, the tone of surfaces that have been used and valued over time. Champa is the Sanskrit name for the champak tree (Michelia champaca), whose intensely fragrant, small yellow-gold flowers are among the most celebrated in Indian botanical and poetic tradition — the flower of warmth, fragrance, and the domestic offering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface suits display use. Not airtight. Each piece is individually handcrafted; minor variations between pieces are expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese jars combine hand-printed wood, cast metal, and stone elements. 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Each jar is individually worked in wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern and sealed under lacquer; the brass knob is fitted to the lid. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork is adapted to contemporary domestic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe printed wooden storage jar sits within the broader North Indian tradition of the decorated domestic vessel — the object that holds and stores daily things while carrying ornamental weight. The brass knob that caps each jar belongs to the Indian tradition of using brass as the metal of the domestic threshold: the same warm gold-toned material used in puja vessels, door fittings, and kitchen implements. Kanaka in Sanskrit names this quality — pure gold, the luminous metal, the material that is both functional and auspicious. The brass knob is small but consequential, lifting the jar from plain printed woodware to something more considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface suits everyday domestic use — for dry goods, small accessories, or display. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese jars are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with an ornamental pattern and sealed under lacquer. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Mehr draws from the vocabulary of the Persian carpet tradition — the repeating field pattern, the organised border, the dense ornamental ground that characterises the classic carpet composition. The carpet's visual language travelled from Persia into the Mughal court and thence into Indian decorative tradition broadly: the same compositional principles that organise a Mughal court carpet organise the block-printed textiles of Sanganer, the printed borders of Kashmiri shawls, and the surface decoration of Indian lacquered objects. Mehr in Persian names the sun, warmth, and love — the quality of warmth that the carpet tradition has always associated with the inhabited interior, the surface underfoot and around the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this wooden tea box suited to everyday counter use for tea bag storage and display. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour are a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192905785367,"sku":null,"price":127.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/Karo_Listings_8_a50c0a48-4113-4ddf-bf9f-0f7f998a0a92.svg?v=1780680521"},{"product_id":"faiz-tea-box-in-printed-wood","title":"'Faiz' Tea Box in Printed Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Faiz tea box belongs to the North Indian tradition of decorative woodware — wooden forms treated with surface print and sealed under a waterproof lacquer to produce objects that are functional and decorative in equal measure. Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork to contemporary domestic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Faiz carries the multicolour ornamental vocabulary of the North Indian decorative tradition — the dense compositional approach that treats the surface of a domestic object as an opportunity for pattern. The large format of this tea bag storage box gives the print more territory to work with: the lid becomes a small field of ornament, the sides carry the pattern consistently. Faiz in Arabic and Urdu names abundance and grace — the quality of bountifulness, the condition of having more than enough, which the large format of this box embodies in its generous surface and its capacity for storing many varieties of tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative tea box suited to everyday counter use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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The resin layer is applied over the printed wood surface, giving it additional depth and translucency that a plain lacquer finish does not achieve. This approach draws on the same North Indian workshop tradition of printed woodware, extended here into a resin finish process that gives the antique gold palette its particular warmth and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe antique gold palette of Paras belongs to the tradition of Indian heritage objects — the colour of aged metal, of manuscript illumination, of the objects that have been present at daily life long enough to have acquired patina. Paras in Sanskrit and Hindi names the philosopher's stone — the legendary substance that transforms base metal into gold, the transmuting force that turns the ordinary into the precious. The antique gold surface of this wooden tea box holds that quality: the resin deepens the print into something that reads as material rather than surface decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof resin surface makes this decorative tea storage box suited to everyday use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood and resin. 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The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork is adapted to contemporary domestic storage forms including tea bag boxes, tissue covers, and coasters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Surabhi draws from the floral vocabulary of the night-jasmine — Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, the flower that opens only at dusk and falls before dawn. The night-jasmine (paarijaat or harshingar) has been present in Indian botanical illustration since the Mughal period, catalogued in the margins of court manuscripts and depicted in temple courtyard plantings across the subcontinent. It is the flower of the evening hour — the same hour as the cup of tea, the time when the day's work ends and something warm and considered begins. Surabhi in Sanskrit names the quality of sweet fragrance — the cow of plenty in Vedic mythology whose milk flows without limit, and by extension anything that is fragrant and giving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative wooden tea box suited to everyday counter and shelf use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a night-jasmine ornamental pattern and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, adapting the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrow format of the Gandha box — a single-row tea bag organiser — places its surface print in close proximity to the user: the lid opens at hand height, the ornament is seen and touched daily. The night-jasmine motif on the surface carries the same botanical and cultural weight as the larger Surabhi box — the evening flower, the fragrance of the threshold hour — compressed to a smaller, more intimate daily surface. Gandha in Sanskrit names fragrance itself — the quality of scent as a present, palpable thing — appropriate for a box whose daily use is associated with the fragrant ritual of tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this handmade tea box suited to everyday counter use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern on an ivory ground and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork is adapted to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ivory ground of Dhaval gives the surface print a different quality from the deeper-ground boxes in the Brahm range: the ornament sits in relief on the pale field, visible at a distance, warm from close range. The ivory palette — not cold white but the specifically warm, living paleness of aged materials — belongs to the Sanskrit aesthetic of shweta and dhaval, the two words for white that hold warmth rather than brightness. Dhaval in Sanskrit names a brilliant, luminous white — specifically the pure white of the conch shell, of fresh milk, of the white swan — a warmth-tinged whiteness that is the ground for the ornament laid above it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative tea storage box suited to everyday counter use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern on a maroon ground and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork is adapted to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe maroon ground of Arun draws from the colour vocabulary of Indian ceremonial and material tradition — the deep red of sindoor, of kumkum, of the evening sky at the last light, of the copper vessel used in daily ritual. This is a colour that in Indian domestic life has always been associated with purpose and presence: the object in this colour is not background but foreground, not neutral but declaring. Arun in Sanskrit names the reddish-gold of dawn — the colour of the sky at the moment just before sunrise, the warm dark red that is neither night nor day, the colour that announces what is coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative storage box suited to everyday counter use — for tea bags, spice packets, stationery, or small accessories. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with an antique rug-style ornamental pattern and sealed under resin; a small antique gold handle is fitted to the lid. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rug-style surface print on Asana draws from the long tradition of India's carpet and textile ornamental vocabulary — the dense, repeat-pattern field composition that characterises the great flatweave and pile carpet traditions of Persia, the Mughal court, and the regional Indian weaving centres of Agra and Jaipur. The antique quality of the print — aged tones, warm ground — places this box in a register of objects understood as carrying the weight of material tradition. Asana in Sanskrit names the seat or posture — in yoga the stable, grounded position; in temple sculpture the platform on which the deity rests. The square format and the considered rug-print surface give this tea box the same quality of stable, grounded composure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this wooden tea box suited to everyday counter use. The antique gold handle is a cast fitting; handle with care. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern on a warm beige ground and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork is adapted to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beige and multicolour palette of Aloka belongs to the warm neutral register of Indian decorative tradition — the natural base from which ornament emerges, the ground that carries pattern without competing with it. The ornament is present across the surface; the beige ground keeps it legible and calm. Aloka in Sanskrit names light — specifically the light of awareness, the brightness that makes things visible, the clarity of illumination. The warm neutral of the beige ground holds the ornament in the quality of clear, steady light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative tea bag storage box suited to everyday counter use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour are a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192908931095,"sku":null,"price":162.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_14_479ff7f3-cda0-491b-b647-5d6eb411062a.svg?v=1780680943"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.brahmcollection.com\/collections\/kitchen.oembed","provider":"Brahm Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}