Vintage & Antiques of India

Chennai

Chennai jewellery house, Cbigs Jewels, crafting antique, temple and bridal pieces since 2005 using Kundan, Polki, Jadau, Panchaloha and Kemp stone techniques with oxidized silver. Founded by Mrs. Seetha Nagarajan, with stores in Adyar, Anna Nagar and K.K. Nagar.

Best for Antique and temple jewellery

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Red Fort, Old Delhi

Chor Bazaar is a Sunday flea market near Delhi’s Red Fort, with independent sellers of antiques, posters, coins and curiosities. It is a multi-vendor event, not one merchant door.

Best for Antiques, vintage Bollywood posters, old coins

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Mehar Chand Market

Lovebirds is a Delhi fashion studio known for contemporary clothing and selected accessories, not principally an antiques shop. The Instagram profile is the available first-party source for current collections and store information.

Best for Vintage antiques and local-designer fashion in New Delhi

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348 D, Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, near Sultanpur Metro Station, New Delhi 110030, India / New Delhi / India

Sheel Chandra founded The Carpet Cellar in New Delhi in 1975 (collection catalog); Architectural Digest India treats the house as a specialist in hand-knotted antiques and recreations.

Best for Hand-knotted antique carpets and recreations from a Delhi house founded in 1975.

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Udyog Nagar, Tanawara, Jodhpur

Working from a workshop in the Tanawara industrial quarter since 1996, Jodhpur Antique hand-builds sheesham and reclaimed-wood furniture in the carved, iron-bound styles associated with the city's antique trade. Bar cabinets, storage trunks and dining sets are made to order rather than pulled from a warehouse line.

Best for Hand-carved wood and reclaimed antique-style furniture

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Mumbai / India

Run by four generations of the Issa family and now by Farooq Issa and Muneera Daya, Phillips Antiques has traded for over 160 years, long settled in Waterloo Mansions in Colaba, Mumbai. The meticulously curated shop deals in oleographs, prints, folk art, brass, furniture and other rare Indian artefacts.

Best for Antiques, artefacts, furniture, oleographs

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Bandra West (Bungalow 111, Dr Ambedkar Road, Pali Village) / Online

Mumbai circular-fashion concept store and rental platform curating vintage, upcycled, handmade and designer clothing and accessories.

Best for Conscious shopping — luxury, vintage, upcycled, recycled and handmade pieces for all genders

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Varanasi

Silk Kothi, established in 1969 in Varanasi and run through three generations of master weavers, hand-weaves Banarasi sarees in Katan silk, Puna silk, khaddi georgette, organza and tussar silk through design, weave and finish stages, with collections including Vintage Evergreen and Royal Meenakari.

Best for Hand-woven Banarasi silk sarees

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Mount Abu / India

Chacha Museum is a Mount Abu handicrafts emporium stacked with brass figures, silver-plated artefacts, carved wooden idols and kantha-stitched cotton quilts. Regulars browse the showroom in person or order the same antique-style pieces through its online cart.

Best for Handicrafts, brassware, wooden crafts, textiles

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Karaikudi

Makes handcrafted Athangudi tiles using a traditional hand-pressed technique and natural pigments, plus antique Majolica tile collections produced in Japan, England, Belgium and Germany between the 1890s and 1930s. Based at Aranmanaipatti, Athangudi, Tamil Nadu.

Best for Handmade athangudi cement tiles

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Jew Town Road, Mattancherry

Crafters occupies a converted spice warehouse on Jew Town Road in Mattancherry, dealing in antiques and curios sourced from across India — brass-inlaid jewelry boxes, Chinese jars, colonial-era furniture and architectural salvage. Founded in 1989 by brothers Sunny and Johny Malayil, the family now runs six shops in the area holding more than 100,000 individual pieces.

Best for Antiques, curios and colonial furniture

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Jew Town, Mattancherry

Fine Art Emporium has traded antiques from Jew Town in Mattancherry since 1986, dealing in handpicked furniture, metalwork and handicrafts for collectors, interior designers and museums. The shop arranges export documentation for international buyers alongside its walk-in trade.

Best for Antique furniture and metalwork

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Coimbatore

Karpagam Jewellers has crafted gold, silver, diamond, and platinum ornaments in Coimbatore since 1971, from bridal necklaces to antique temple-style pieces. The family jeweller works both traditional South Indian and contemporary designs across bangles, chains, and rings.

Best for Gold and bridal jewellery

Kavanattinkara, Kumarakom, Kottayam, Kerala

Kumarakom Treasures has spent more than three decades sourcing handmade pieces directly from Kerala artisans, filling its shop near the Virupukalla bus stop with coir work, wood carvings, traditional masks and handwoven carpets. The stock also runs to antique furniture and vintage Kerala pieces alongside handloom textiles and sarees.

Best for Coir crafts, wood carvings, handloom textiles

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Tanjore Art Gallery, calling itself India's only online art store offering paintings that can be recreated, makes Tanjore paintings using 22 carat original gold foil in 2D and 3D embossing, semi-precious stone, antique finish and chettinad teak wood frames, with free surface shipping across India.

Best for 22-carat gold foil Tanjore paintings

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