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A House for contemporary furniture, objects and craft from South Asia.
Edition ll: Roopantara
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Transformation takes many forms.

Roopantara: Matter in Metamorphosis, Edition II at House of Santal, explores how materials, forms and inherited references shift through design. From reworked craft traditions to sculptural silhouettes and intricate surface details, each piece offers a different perspective on change, revealing how familiar materials and cultural influences can take on new forms.

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[South Asian Design · Contemporary Craft · Collectible Design · Material-Led Design]

#HouseOfSantal #ContemporaryCraft #DesignObjects #SouthAsianDesign by @houseofsantal

A single line, shaped into a place to pause.

The LOOP Spiral Jhoola by Jwalant Madevwala & Kanika Agarwal for andblack takes a continuous line and folds it into two interlocking loops that form the seat and backrest. Crafted from birch plywood, its layered grain follows the curves, bringing texture to the fluid geometry.

Suspended from a single point, the jhoola introduces gentle movement into the experience of sitting. Here, structure and comfort emerge from the same gesture, creating an object that invites you to slow down.

Featured: LOOP Spiral Jhoola by Jwalant Madevwala & Kanika Agarwal, andblack.

Discover the collection at House of Santal, New York. Visits are by appointment only. Book your experience at www.houseofsantal.com.

[South Asian Design, Contemporary Craft, Collectible Design, Material-Led Design]

#HouseOfSantal #ContemporaryCraft #DesignObjects #SouthAsianDesign by @houseofsantal

Seven woods, brought together through the language of joinery.

The Undulating Mirror by Yousaf Shahbaz & Saira Ahsan for STRATA combines seven types of wood in a frame defined by varied joinery styles and a flowing silhouette. Mother of pearl inlays echo the grains of the wood, creating a contrast between the natural patterns of the timber and the precision of the detailing. A high-gloss lacquer finish brings the different tones and surfaces into focus.

Featured: Undulating Mirror by Yousaf Shahbaz & Saira Ahsan, STRATA.

Discover the collection at House of Santal.

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[South Asian Design Contemporary Craft Collectible Design Material-Led Design]

#HouseOfSantal #ContemporaryCraft #DesignObjects #SouthAsianDesign #Roopantara by @houseofsantal

$The marks of change become part of the form. Trace Console by Nithika & Annanya Agarwal for Tabula Rasa draws from the philosophy of Kintsugi, extending the idea of repair beyond the brass lines set into its granite top. Beneath it, hand-chiselled mahogany twists and branches into an irregular, sculptural base, retaining the marks of the tools that shaped it. Granite, brass and wood each carry a different expression of transformation, bringing fracture, repair and growth into one piece. Featured: Trace Console by Nithika & Annanya Agarwal, Tabula Rasa. Discover the collection at House of Santal. Visits are by appointment only. Book your experience at www.houseofsantal.com. [South Asian Design Contemporary Craft Collectible Design Material-Led Design] #HouseOfSantal #ContemporaryCraft #DesignObjects #SouthAsianDesign #Roopantara by @houseofsantal$

A bench that shifts the way people sit together.

Gravity by Abin Chaudhuri for Hands and Minds draws from Mumbai’s urban landscape, translating the city’s coastline and shifting spatial relationships into an elongated, balancing form. A central fulcrum introduces a gentle rocking motion, turning the act of sitting into an opportunity for movement and interaction.

Antique brass, engraved detailing, teak wood and upholstery bring together the piece’s sculptural form and functional purpose.

Featured: Gravity by Abin Chaudhuri, Hands and Minds.

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[South Asian Design Contemporary Craft Collectible Design Material-Led Design]

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Transformation is never a return to what was.

Roopantara: Matter in Metamorphosis, Edition II of House of Santal, explores change as a process that leaves its mark on material, memory and form. Drawing on ideas of creation, preservation, destruction and repair, the edition considers how objects carry traces of what they have passed through, and how those traces become part of what they are.

Here, transformation is not about restoring things to an original state, but allowing them to become something new.

Discover Roopantara at House of Santal.

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Matter in the process of becoming.

Edition II of House of Santal, Roopantara, looks at transformation through material, surface and form. Oxidised metals, darkened wood and weathered textures hold traces of time, while shifting geometries and altered forms explore what happens when matter moves between states.
Rather than treating heritage as something fixed, the collection considers how it continues to evolve through material, making and contemporary design.

Discover Roopantara: Matter in Metamorphosis at House of Santal.

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[South Asian Design Contemporary Craft Collectible Design Material-Led Design]

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A flying carpet, held in a single sculptural form.

Lehar by Abin Chaudhuri for Hands and Minds takes the familiar idea of a mythical flying carpet and reworks it into a lounge with a flowing, undulating silhouette. Its parametric form rises and falls like fabric caught in motion, while bespoke fabric, upholstery and wood bring the sculptural structure into a seating experience.

Featured: Lehar by Abin Chaudhuri, Hands and Minds.

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[South Asian Design Contemporary Craft Artisanal Furniture Material-Led Design]

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An antler form, carved from solid rosewood.

The Antler Settee takes its shape from the undulating lines of antlers, translated into carefully selected sections of rosewood. Artisans spend weeks hand-carving the wood into its flowing form, with mother of pearl inlays tracing the antlers and drawing attention to their contours. A high-gloss finish brings the depth of the rosewood into focus.

Featured: Antler Settee by Yousaf Shahbaz & Saira Ahsan, STRATA.

Discover the collection at House of Santal.

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[South Asian Design Contemporary Craft Artisanal Furniture Material-Led Design]

#HouseOfSantal #ContemporaryCraft #DesignObjects #SouthAsianDesign #Roopantara by @houseofsantal

What do the hands remember—and what might they make next?
At House of Santal in New York, Roopantara: Matter in Metamorphosis explores the possibilities within South Asian craft. Stitchless textile surfaces, sculptural ornament and unexpected material combinations reveal how inherited knowledge continues to evolve through making.
Discover the exhibition in our new article on THE Stylemate.
On view through December 15, 2026.
#THEStylemate #HouseOfSantal #Roopantara #SouthAsianDesign #CollectibleDesign by @houseofsantal

Presenting Rug & Kilim at House of Santal (@houseofsantal) for Roopantara: Matter in Metamorphosis, a curated edit of rugs from our collection shown among furniture and objects by South Asian designers.

The gallery was founded by Raksha Sanikam (@rsanikam) to place South Asian design, and the hands behind it, in the same conversation as the celebrated makers of 20th-century and contemporary Europe. Roopantara carries that further as the gallery’s second edition, treating craft as a living process that keeps transforming.

Our rugs join that story as hand-knotted works made in the same spirit, where heritage technique meets a contemporary eye. Breeze reimagines 1920s Chinese Art Deco and cherry blossoms in soft gold silk. Textural Bronze plays bronze and black stripes against a granular, metallic sheen. Diamonds Vintage layers burgundy geometrics from a printed textile, finished with fire for a vintage feel. City Lights turns New York at night into midnight blue with a scatter of white dots.

On view now at House of Santal, by appointment only.

Photography by Joseph Alexiadis
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#RoyalCulture #WhereIdeasAreWoven by @houseofsantal

The Fragments Console turns a solid volume into a shifting landscape of wood and pattern.

Its scooped form is carved from a monolithic cuboid, while hundreds of individually assembled wooden elements create a field of Sadeli marquetry across the surface. Traditionally used on boxes and decorative objects, the craft is reworked here across a curved, sculptural form.

Featured: Fragments Console by Jwalant Madevwala & Kanika Agarwal, andblack.

[South Asian Design Contemporary Craft Artisanal Furniture Material-Led Design]

#HouseOfSantal #ContemporaryCraft #DesignObjects #SouthAsianDesign by @houseofsantal