This is a little treasure trove of imported eastern trinkets, textiles, clothes and furniture. There are intricately carved wooden cupboards and chests, sequined slippers, embroidered fabrics and garments, and indian figurines cast in bronze/iron.
I bought a tin box decorated with an image of the hindu elephant god Ganesh for someone who likes those kind of things. And also a little pink Ganesh for putting on top of your computer (it's supposed to stop it crashing and freezing etc, yeah right!).
It's a good place for browsing when you're passing along Stoke Newington Church Street, though the shop is packed to the rafters, so you have to move around quite gingerly. An Aladdin's cave. read more