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Interior themes · 268 style systems

Decorative and eclectic · Mumbai, India · 1930s–1950s

Parsi Art Deco

Parsi Art Deco interiors join streamlined Bombay modernity with tropical planning, finely made teak furniture, terrazzo geometry, pastel colour, and heirloom domestic objects.

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Mood
Decorative and eclectic
Parsi Art Deco Mumbai salon with sea-green and peach walls, scalloped teak cabinetry, curved seating, terrazzo border, sunburst grille, opal light, and tropical balcony.
02 Field note

How the room is composed

layout
Formal sitting rooms connect to broad balconies and dining spaces through curved corners, stepped openings, and fan-pattern screens that preserve airflow and ceremonial gathering.
materials
Terrazzo, teak and rosewood veneer, chrome, opal glass, polished plaster, cotton velvet, patterned tile, brass, and glazed ceramic coordinate sheen with coastal practicality.
furniture
Curved club chairs, scalloped display cabinets, streamlined sideboards, compact nesting tables, and upholstered settees mix machine-age profiles with local cabinetmaking.
lighting
Balcony doors, sunburst grilles, opal globe pendants, chrome sconces, and shaded lamps spread humid coastal daylight and soft evening illumination across polished surfaces.
decoration
Geometric floor borders, stepped cornices, fan motifs, floral textiles, heirloom vessels, and pale sea-green, peach, cream, and dark timber create a distinctive domestic glamour.
03 Related rooms

Neighbors combine mood, historical chapter, material routes, and overlapping palette families.

Havana tropical eclectic salon with weathered turquoise and coral walls, tall timber jalousies, patterned tile, cane chairs, curved mid-century sofa, tropical leaves, and coloured glass.01

Decorative and eclectic · Early modern · Pattern & textile

Havana tropical eclectic

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Photorealistic vertical room-to-courtyard view in a Kassena compound near Tiébélé with hand-burnished black, white, and russet geometric mural bands, a low sculpted doorway, roof-terrace edge, clay granaries, calabashes, and hard Sahel sunlight.02

Decorative and eclectic · Pattern & textile · Colour as architecture

Kassena painted compound

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Photorealistic vertical Kutch bhunga interior with sculpted lipan kaam relief and small inset mirrors, white and ochre earthen walls, conical timber-and-thatch roof, built-in niches, embroidered textiles, low charpoy, and warm desert light.03

Decorative and eclectic · Pattern & textile · Colour as architecture

Kutch bhunga

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Photorealistic vertical Miao diaojiaolou in Guizhou with a dark fir stilt frame on a steep slope, open timber gallery, central hearth, low furniture, indigo embroidered textiles, silver ornaments, baskets, and misty mountain daylight.04

Decorative and eclectic · Pattern & textile · Colour as architecture

Miao diaojiaolou

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