Our buyers travel the world to find furniture and accessories to enhance your home. With each journey, they bring back items with an interesting background story.
In this story, we want to tell you more about our original Bullock cart display cabinets. Once the backbone of India’s transport system, bullock carts have long symbolized rural life and urban connectivity, dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Read more below.
Essential
Bullock carts have played a crucial role in transporting agricultural and domestic goods in Indian villages. Adapted to different regions and needs, they evolved over time, but the rise of motorized vehicles gradually replaced them in daily life.
Design and functionality
A bullock cart, also known as an ox cart, can have either two or four wheels and is pulled by oxen. Used for centuries worldwide, they remain in use where modern vehicles are impractical or too expensive.
Traditional use in farming and trade
Primarily used for carrying goods, these carts are pulled by one or more oxen and attached via chains or ropes to yokes. The driver and passengers sit at the front, while goods—often agrarian products or lumber—are loaded at the back.
From utility to unique furniture
Antique bullock carts are now repurposed into stunning furniture pieces, such as coffee tables and bookshelves. Our latest design features a reclaimed bullock cart turned into a stylish bookshelf with a lime-wash finish. Retaining its original brass, metal, and copper details, it stands as a true heritage collector’s item!
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