Revolving Bookcase, Three Tiers on Cross Base

The Cabinet In The Old Baithak

In the old houses there was always 1 small cabinet with glass doors sitting low against the wall of the baithak, a small one, the big showcase came later. It held the books. There were never many. A Ramayan with a cloth cover, 2 or 3 Premchand, the Reader's Digests that came by post every month and were never thrown away, the English dictionary that the whole mohalla borrowed. And standing in front of the books, the things meant for showing, the brass Ganesh, the wedding photo in its frame, the school trophy that somebody's uncle won in 1962 and still talks about.

This is that cabinet, made the same way, in the same wood, with the same 2 glass doors and the same small round feet.

When The Books Went Upstairs

Every family that had one will tell you the same story. The children grew up and the books went to their rooms, and the cabinet stayed where it was and became the showcase. The good cups went in. The dolls somebody brought from Singapore. The Eiffel Tower made of metal. Then the TV came into the house and the cabinet went under it and the set top box and the wires went inside behind the glass, and that is where most of them are today.

70 Years And The Same Shape

Look at an old family photo from the 1950s with the baithak in the background and you will find this cabinet in it and it looks the same as the one in front of you now. Plain dark wood, glass, knobs, feet. Nothing on it was ever a fashion, so nothing on it has gone out of fashion. A piece like this is bought once and passed down and the second owner does not change a thing on it.

Where It Fits Perfectly

Under the TV, the way the old ones ended up. Beside the bed, for the books you are actually reading. In the entrance, low, with the keys and the letters on top and the shoes polish inside. Or in a child's room to start the child's own showcase, which is how most of these begin their second life.

• Dark polished sheesham, plain, no carving
• 2 glass doors with wooden knobs
• Low, table height
• 4 bun feet
• Comes assembled