Inventive is the word

THE LATEST value addition to Accessory Stop is the `Magpie' collection, a stunning re-definition of stainless steel as functional lifestyle accessories. Magpie offers matte finished serving dishes and plates in the latest international designs, avant garde art trays and platters, lovely serving bowls, state- of-the-art stainless steel ice buckets, bottle coolers, bar tools, bread baskets, collanders, salad servers, and much else. The look and line are contemporary and elegant and sure to make waves in designer-savvy homes. Also available in the stainless steel genre are Micheal Ara's inventive stainless steel serving trays, cheese paring knife with a cheeky gilded mouse, serving bowls and a host of other lifestyle items. Both the Magpie and Ara collections make stainless steel items as coveted as silver.

Sharon Appa Rao shows equal elan and a sense of style in the other craft, the lifestyle and decorative artefacts available at Accessory Stop. Colourful Etikopakka candles sit beside delicate Bidri work trays, antique-looking white metal candle stands, quills, napkin holders and photo frames that put intricately crafted silver items to shame. Loveliest of delicately crafted horn bowls joust for attention with quaint `sola topis', enormous wax flowers, scented candles, `Sanjhi' craft trays, `kalchutty' stone lamps and a wealth of widely coloured drinking glasses.

Accessory Stop's antique collection includes delectable mirrors, ancient clocks, old ship lamps, Swamimalai bronzes, uralis and so on.

The choice is eclectic and the collector looking for the unusual can pick up quaint window frames or ingeniously hand-crafted wooden Afghan figures! Definitely a stop for hand-crafted home accessories that catch the eye and the imagination.

Accessory Stop is housed in the first floor of Apparao Galleries, Wallace Gardens, 3rd Street, Nungambakkam, Chennai- 600006.

PUSHPA CHARI

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