Poola Studio
Painted cloth, gilded panels, inlaid metal and handwoven silk, chosen one piece at a time from the families who still make them.
View the collection“Poola” means flowers. Every piece here grew from one place, one family and one way of working, sometimes over hundreds of years.The Poola Studio promise
An antique South Indian door carved by hand from solid teak. Four arched niches hold dancing and seated deities. Above them sits a crown of scrolling vines, winged yalis and a seated goddess under a pillared shrine.
Brass knobs, a lion-face ring pull and leaf-shaped keyhole plates catch the light against the dark wood. Pierced jaali side panels are hung with tiny brass bells.
Krishna stands on a white lotus beneath three jewelled arches, crowned with a peacock feather and hung with garlands and pearls. Two gopis attend him on either side, dressed in finely patterned saris.
The arches, jewellery and borders are built up in raised gesso and covered in shimmering foil, set with small coloured stones in the Thanjavur tradition. It is housed in a carved antique wooden frame.
An unusual antique carving of a young soldier. He wears a cap and a fitted coat of armour, holds a piece of fruit in one hand and stands with one leg crossed, between two parrots above a band of leaves.
He sits on a carved teak console table with a curved top, a border of scrolling leaves around a central flower, turned finials and a carved pedestal.
New pieces are being chosen for the studio. Ask us what is on its way.
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Poola Studio works directly with master artisans across India. We visit the villages and workshops, learn how each piece is made, and pay the maker fairly.
Every work comes with the artist’s name, where it was made and the story behind it, so it can be passed on as a true heirloom.
Commission a pieceNo machine prints and no shortcuts. Only work made the traditional way.
Every piece is signed or traced back to the artist and their family.
Natural dyes, real metals and archival framing, ready to hand down.
