Intricate stone inlays set in the finest flooring patterns, ornate fountains and lattice work are just some of the vast array of products and services that Bharat Chugh Designs aims to promote at the Big 5 show this month.

Bharat Chugh Designs is a leading Indian design firm specialised in custom design and the export of handcrafted architectural elements, decorative features, embellishments and ornamental furniture and specially-commissioned works of arts, primarily in stone.
Set up by architect Bharat Chugh and his wife Shalini, the company has been committed to the revival and promotion of traditional Indian and Islamic art and craft with the creativity and remarkable quality that has been exemplified in the Taj Mahal, says a spokesman for the company.
“Inspired by the exceptional artistry of the great Mughal courts of India, the company has created masterpieces and designs ranging from classical to neo-modern,” he adds.
Bharat Chugh Designs’ range of architectural, landscape elements, interior design accessories and products include:
• Decorative and sculptural stone fountains for outdoor and indoors;
• Pierced screens lattice work or jalis carved in geometric and floral patterns;
• Sacred Hindu architectural altars and temples;
• Reproductions and original high-quality western and ethnic Indian sculptures;
• Finest quality English and French-style stone hand-carved fireplaces;
• Designer marble inlay (pietra dura) tabletops studded with precious and semiprecious stones;
• Ethnic floorings exquisitely designed with inlay craft;
• Islamic art and architecture including mihrabs, Arabesque decorations and calligraphy;
• Wall panels done with floral decorations and trees;
• Semiprecious hardstone veneering on stone, wood or Corian. Here, various semiprecious stones are shaped into tiles, brick, geometric, plumage designs to create patterns which are completely covered onto wood, stone, or Corian tiles, slabs, panels or objects to create stunning effects, International quality sealants and adhesives are used for sealing the micropores and joints to give a lush glossy look;
• Landscape garden elements such as planters, benches, obelisks, sundials;
• Ready-to-assemble Mughal and Rajput-style pavilion and rotundas; and
• Fine hand carvings on hard wood, marble and stone for doors, ceilings and borders.
Its range of indoor and outdoor fountains are designed to suit ethnic and contemporary tastes such as Mughal, Rajput, Turkish, Persian and European styles, forms and spaces. The fountains are carved in marble or sandstones and set with coloured stones using the decorative pietra dura techniques.  Most of these floor and wall fountains are supplied with a working submersible pump. Fountains can be can be custom-designed in sizes ranging from 18 inches by 18 inches – for the interiors of a residence – to 15-ft wide or high units for villas, hotel lobbies or gardens.
The company’s stone lattice work is done in geometric and floral designs to create light effects and partitions, offering protection from the elements while allowing the passage of fresh air through the finely-carved patterns. They can be used to adorn window openings, as balustrades, railings, grills and furniture elements. These screens are sculpted from both sandstone and marble with the finish being antique or contemporary depending on the taste.
Bharat Chugh Designs also specialises in high-quality inlay for the flooring borders, medallions, and tiles choosing the best coloured stone available. Its stone carpets and central motifs are designed to add elegance to any interiors.
The company has been involved with a wide variety of architectural projects such as palatial houses, exquisite villas, gardens, hotels, luxury resorts, museums, palaces and sacred architecture, says the spokesman.
Major projects undertaken by the company include a number of important commissions in the field of Islamic calligraphy and mosque architecture; the supply of furniture, furnishings and decorative items and elements to hotels around the world; and the design and manufacture of marble and stone features for palatial houses, interiors and gardens, he adds.
“We are a professional company with unique assets for designing, presentation and shop drawings, project management, production, shipping and installation, and comply with the international standards of quality and delivery,” the spokesman concludes.