AS FEATURED IN WORLD OF INTERIORS & HOUSE & GARDEN
OUR BAMBOO CHIK BLINDS ARE HAND MADE TO ORDER IN A CHOICE OF STITCHED DESIGNS & COLOURWAYS. THEY WORK BEAUTIFULLY IN BOTH CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL INTERIORS ... IN THE CITY, THE COUNTRYSIDE OR AT THE BEACH ... THINK COLONIAL, DIFFUSED SUNLIGHT
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AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY MARBLE TEMPLE STATUES DEPICTING GANESHA, HANUMAN, SHIVA BULLS, LAXSHMI & RAM.
WE HAVE SOURCED THESE RARE SCULPTURES ON SUCCESSIVE BUYING TRIPS TO INDIA OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS AND ARE DELIGHTED TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO PRESENT THEM TO YOU AT OPIUM IN LONDON.
SOME OF THE STATUES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE WEB SITE, BUT TO APPRECIATE THE FULL COLLECTION, WE DO SUGGEST YOU VISIT THE KINGS ROAD STORE.
Opium Jewels web site dedicated to our beautiful jewellery collection was launched 18 months ago. Opium's owner, Tracy Kitching has been designing a collection of precious and semi precious stones jewellery for the Kings Road store for more than 20 years. The jewellery is timeless, delicate and designed for layering using the finest stones and vintage protection amulets. Click on the link on our Opium Shop web site to be redirected to Opium Jewels or simply enter opiumjewels.com into your web browser.
Mail On Sunday 'YOU'
Tracy Kitching is sitting in a Rajasthani den amid swathes of jewel bright slippery silks and gilded brocades. 'These are 100-year-old wedding saris,' declares the salesman as he sends yet another one billowing towards her.
Tracy raises her eyebrows at me. 'They're old, but not more than 40 or 50 years. You take the patter with a pinch of salt.'
'Jeremy irons buy 12 coats from us!' continues the salesman. 'Beatle buy antique gold jewellery for his daughter Stella. The Queen buy many thing here!'
'Really, the Queen?' I ask with surprise.
'Yes, madam. The Queen drummer, Roger Taylor.'
You need a good eye, a cool head and a healthy dose of cynicism to buy goods from India. You also need endless patience, humour and a taste for
chai, the sweet, milky, cardamom tea that is proffered as soon as you're enticed over the threshold of any store. Tracy has all these attributes, plus loads of style and enthusiasm, which have made her jewel-box of a shop. Opium, back home in London's Chelsea, a magnet for lovers of Indian furniture, textiles, jewellery, stoles, sari cushions, photo albums and other Oriental exotica.
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